[Corporate Law]

Cincinnati Board of Education President Florence Newell said the W. in George W. Bush stands for "wrong for education."

"President Bush has under-funded 'No Child Left Behind' by more than $25 billion," she said. "What's right for education? Sen. John Kerry for president."

I missed this one (and how could I?). President of the school system that has been on academic emergency for the last few years, and one which literally (and probably formally) celebrated getting bumped up one spot from the bottom of the heap this spring, just suckered taxpayers into giving them billions to build new Taj Mahals, and still has a 50%+ drop out rate. I need to change my tagline back to "Welcome to Cincinnati, the Hellmouth on the Ohio"

[GraceCoolidge]

Cincinnati Board of Education President Florence Newell said the W. in George W. Bush stands for "wrong for education."

Frankly, I am surprised that this education numbskull realized that "wrong" starts with "w." That's more than you can get out of most education bureaucrats.

[You Dirty Rats]

Well, having spent most of my life in Northeast Ohio, I have to admit that the Cleveland Public Schools make Cincinnati Public Schools look like Cincinnati Country Day. Unfortunately, with an idiot like Gilligan on their Board Cincinnati is taking that as a challenge.

I remember only two things about Gilligan - He introduced State income taxes, and he claimed he saw UFOs.

What is it about this state, anyway? We are allegedly "normal", Midwestern, middle-of-the-road, sober, etc. but we've had more kook politicians per capita than any State in the Union. Dick Celeste, Gilligan, Kucinich, Wayne Hays, Jerry Springer, Mary Rose Oakar, Jim Traficant, Howard Metzenbaum, Jane "adopt-a-trash-can" Campbell, and others too numerous to mention. Is it because Cleveland and Cincinnati get their drinking water from Lake Erie and the Ohio River, respectively?