1. With these problems, it is a job for Super Mike. Wait, he will have a job as US Senator.

I love to get into these situations (not at this scale) where if you go in and make a stab at it, it will get implemented. The others have no chance to disagree. I can feel the heat of those clippers already.

Posted by: swatter on October 25, 2006 01:19 PM

2. Wow a problem that could be considered under the catagory "for the children" that the liberals don't want to touch I am surprised.

Posted by: TrueSoldier on October 25, 2006 01:24 PM

3. Gee, they can't figure out the right thing to do in Seattle...

I am sure glad the same really smart people know what I should do with my property. I am resigned to the fact that these same people will overwhelmingly agree (growth management) that they should dictate what I do with my rural land.

Posted by: GP on October 25, 2006 01:59 PM

4. If the job gets tough, just quit and walk away. Where else have we heard that one before? Hmmmmm.

Posted by: Adam on October 25, 2006 02:15 PM

5. I can sure understand why nobody would what to get involved with that pack of screaming, fist wielding and disingenuous morons that make up the Seattle School Board and their constituents. The loonies are running the asylum and they aren't afraid to render harm.

Did it ever occur to the screamers and punchers that somebody must sacrifice for the greater good? Did it ever occur to anybody to solve problems by acting like an adult? To set a good example for their kids? Apparently not.

It's foolish to run schools that are one-quarter full, the whole district is crippled paying for empty space. Those people deserve what they have wrought: A completely dysfunctional school system that can't educate not matter how much money is spent. This is Liberalism at its best.

Posted by: G Jiggy on October 25, 2006 02:24 PM

6. No surprise. Years of mismanagement and politically correct left wing curricula designed to dumb down kids, coupled with ever increasing teachers union and other union demands, and you end up with the disaster of Seattle Public Schools.

I don't blame Manhas for quitting. He was caught between the rock of ever increasing and competing demands to fund the school district and every possible improvement and building, expense, salary hike, etc. and the hard place of bastards like David Goldstein who advocate for socialism and inclusion of all failed educational and cultural considerations and yet also want to maintain their own personal local school fiefdoms to assure the best educational outcomes for their own children.

In short, Manhas has to deal with ideological fools who the equivalent of a private education but want it all funded by taxpayers while at the same time demanding the preservation of the public school system.

It's a no-win failure, which is really the best outcome. The sooner the public education system fails outright, the sooner we can get on with privatization and partial privatization that favors a lean, for-profit administrative overhead and the accountability of demanding consumers who want results for their buck.

Everyone and especially the poor will benefit from a system that rewards discipline and fiscal responsibility.

Posted by: Jeff B. on October 25, 2006 02:27 PM

7. Jeff B.--
You are absolutely right.
Manhas had to deal with self-absorbed f*cking idiots like David KLOWNstein organizing revolutions to fight HIS kids school closure.
Congrats to "It's all about me-me-me" KLOWNstein....once again he drove away a good man with his destructive politics.
Manhas carefully evaluated school closures. Decisions had to be made. You were NEVER going to get with the LEFTIST PINHEADED KLOWNS like to promote...CONSENSUS.
So Che' KLOWNstein throws a hissy fit, organizes his fellow morons and they tie up the decision-making process for months & months.
Manhas was wise to quit.
Perhaps KLOWNstein will apply for the job??
Oh, I forgot, KLOWNstein has no solutions to anything....only fear-mongering & personal attacks.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on October 25, 2006 06:20 PM

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