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  • Tell Your Story, or Perish at Your Own Hand

    I’m going to take a quick detour from the budget issues to talk about something that I believe ties in directly to the way we perceive our schools, and by extension, the amount of investment we’re willing to place in those schools. The Power of Narrative You have a story to tell. If you don’t…

  • Funding Education 101 – Part 2 – Where the Money Goes

    Last time, we looked at where the money for public education in Shelby Co. came from. As a reminder, this wasn’t the full budget of the two systems, but the “General Fund”, which is where the money for the nuts and bolts of education comes from. This time, we’re going to look at something a…

  • Funding Education 101 – Part 1 – Where the Money Comes From

    I’m going to be very honest. I haven’t been following the blow by blow with the School Board. Too many meetings, too little information, in writing, too much speculation. I like hard facts. I’m not interested in drama unless that drama furthers something relevant. For a whole host of reasons, some of which I covered…

  • How the County Commission played the School Board for the fool

    There are five simple rules that Kenny Rodgers taught me about life, politics, and the budget process: Know when to hold ’em. Know when to fold ’em. Know when to walk away. Know when to run. Never count your money, while you’re sittin’ at the table. There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s…

  • Consumer Confidence in News Craters

    There are some products in this world that require, no, demand confidence. • You want to be confident the car you buy isn’t going to be a lemon. • You want to make sure the home you live in isn’t going to end up being a money pit. • You want to know that the…

  • Manufactured Outrage

    I hate to spill ink over something as ignorant as this, but I had to come back swinging eventually, so here goes. Yesterday on twitter I let loose a series of tweets and decided, this morning to use them to test Storify. [View the story “My Take on Local Media” on Storify] What brought all…