-> [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
-> that 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.
Yeah unfortunately, they have forgotten those who helped them, and think only
of themselves.
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