In Philadelphia the schools were so poorly managed the state came in and took over some of them.
hmmm... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > or maybe the big ballah mayor just likes kickin' it > with NBA players more > than teachers. > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The same day that they announced the cutting of > the jobs, they also > > announced in the free press (www.freep.com) the > allotment of 35 million > > dollars to cleanup the city (road projects) for > the 2005 all star game, > > and the 2006 superbowl. I think the main thinking > behind this, is that it > > can help more money come into the city through > alternate means, and > > hopefully get some of those teaching jobs back. > Not sure what I think > > personally... > > > > dns > > > > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Dennis DeSantis wrote: > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > I'm still trying to figure out what good > casinos > > > > are doing in the city if THEY can't use that > money to stop something like > > > > the elimination of teachers from happening. a > shame.. > > > > > > Amen. I remember when the folks pitching the > casinos had this > > > brilliantly focused propaganda campaign about > how their developments > > > would bring all this cash into Detroit, thereby > causing some kind of > > > revitalization-through-osmosis or something. > People ate that up too - > > > as if even the hope that something could help, > despite all evidence to > > > the contrary, was worth the gamble (pun > intended). > > > So how'd that work out? I don't live there any > more, and haven't for a > > > while. But the last time I checked out the > areas near the casinos it > > > looked like the only improvement was that there > was now light pollution. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dennis DeSantis > > > www.dennisdesantis.com > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
