Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Westbrook School Super seeks to cut budget, not quality in classroom

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In difficult economic times, an analysis and a clear statement of priorities is criticial for any organization to move forward and take charge of their own destiny. Westbook's relatively new school super seems to understand and embrace such a concept and after cutting almost 600,000 dollars from un-necessary administrative costs, has laid down the charge that we must cut another two million dollars from the next budget cycle.

Real Friends vs Flattering Enemies

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Sam Adams expressed his concern in a letter that his long-time ally John Hancock, who had just been elected Governor of Massachusetts, was having a difficult time remembering who are his real friends and who are his flattering enemies.

I see this same drama un-folding right now in our national debate over health care and health care insurance, although, frankly, this drama un-folds over any real issue of importance.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Why we are thankful

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This is Thanksgiving week and while we still have to address the issues of the day, I don't want to forget to take time to address why we are so thankful to live in this great country. Please post "why I am thankful" at my radio website, wlobradio.com or hit me on Facebook at either "ray richardson" or "the ray and ted show."

This is the greatest country the world has ever known and while we are in a rough spot right now, we must never forget why we all love this nation so much.