[Lizavetta]

And I'm sure that money WILL be used to pay for the costs of violence, just like the tobacco settlement was REALLY used to pay for tobacco related health costs, and just like education billions actually went directly to the classrooms and NOT for more assistant principals, curriculum advisors, and other bureaucrats. (/sarcasm)

[jimt]

...and just like education billions actually went directly to the classrooms and NOT for more assistant principals, curriculum advisors, and other bureaucrats.

Houston Independent School District employs somewhere between 2.8 and 3.8 non-teaching employees per teacher, depending on how you figure the average class size. And look at the wonderful results ! Our dropout rate runs over 50% in some demographic groups. What a successful spending plan !