Trimming the Budget is Difficult

The Bangor Daily News is reporting that a plan to cut $5.4 million in after-class activities has died. We will all agree the our children's education is important. But when it comes to cutting spending, that's the problem; everything is important in some way or other to someone. Whenever something is put on the chopping block there will be someone unhappy about it. They complain and the cuts get rejected. Our legislature needs to look beyond the squeaky wheels and take action that will benefit Maine as a whole. In this particular case, I see no reason parents can't play a more active role in educating their children outside the classroom instead of relying on the Maine Taxpayer.

After the cuts were proposed as part of Gov. John Baldacci's biennial budget plan for 2007-09, some Bangor-area school leaders and others balked at the idea. Full Story