Medford Schools and Money and The Legislature

Two items hit the Trib this past week, first on staffing cuts and then on pay to play in the Medford schools. These are both changes to 549c budgeting that should never have needed consideration - the State Legislature has failed since Measure 5 passed in the early '90s to find new ways to broaden the tax base and reduce the individual burden and the result has been a growing sense of rage in the electorate that manifests itself in rejection of any funding options put to a vote... and the schools (and police and fire and roads and parks) suffer.