[Mar 12, 98 - 19:30] Thomas Kish of 1:2410/213.2 wrote to Mark Probert:
->> Then, the do-nothings/know-nothings popped out of the woodwork and voted
->> against a budget so the Board would "get the message".
->>
TK> Yep, the worst are the senior citizens who would probably get most of 
hat
TK> money back anyways through tax credits.  They tend to forget that at one 
TK> time
TK> people paid money to educate their children, yet when it is time to repay 
TK> that
TK> gift, they are unwilling to do so.
Around here they are well-organized.  When there's a 6:30 meeting, you can 
bet that they've packed the house by 2:00 that afternoon, and they boo and 
hiss anyone who speaks in favor of the budget.  Their basic idea is that they 
quit school to work in the mill when they turned 16, and don't understand why 
kids today need all that "fancy college stuff."  This IS a blue collar town, 
after all: you can tell by all of the empty factories.  It's pretty scary.
The most amazing thing is to hear them talk about how "it's time to fire all 
the teachers and hire non-union ones."  These are exactly the same machinists 
and such who, 50 years ago, would have broken your head with a pipe if they 
thought you were a scab.
Jerry Schwartz
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