It's beginning to look alot like... easter?

The Shovel
is coming out of retirement today. I have been a striking against winter for a month now and today I concede. Winter, you win. I will shovel my drive-way today.

Edu-ol-it-ics
The state is gushing red. Our state's constitution condemns the red. I'm not talking about communists, republicans or Target employees (at least not today); I'm talking budgets. According to the state constitution, the government must balance its budget every two years. Today we stand roughly 935 million in debt (priceless, huh?). This means our fine legislators must take out their, knifes, scissors and hatori hanso swords and begin cutting because lord knows any more taxes* will lead to an increase in aneurysms.

One issue apparently not on the cutting board: education. Good for Minnesota. In fact, education is expected to increase funding (not enough to keep up with inflation though). Now, you might ask, "gee golly, why is state funding for education so safe?" The surprising answer: Q-comp! Who knew... According to Norman Draper's report for the Star Trib, "DFLers ... are still hopeful they can get a modest funding bump this year. One proposal would raise that 1 percent in additional funding -- about $49 million -- in part by spending unused funds sitting in the state's Q-Comp fund, reserved for districts that want to overhaul the way they pay their teachers."

Now here's the burning question: what would happen to those schools running q-comp programs?

TO BE CONTINUED....


*unless new tax income will be spent on more stadiums, preparation for the republican convention, or fighting the growing insurgency from canada.