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Editorial: Making budget cuts visible is smart tactic
Without arguing the merits, or lack thereof, of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's push to get the state to provide some help in closing the transit agency's $120 million operating deficit, a tactic the authority and its union employed to bring attention to MARTA's plight could serve as a template for the future for state agencies wanting to give people a sense of what state budget cuts might really mean for them, their communities and their neighbors.
Without arguing the merits, or lack thereof, of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority's push to get the state to provide some help in closing the transit agency's $120 million operating deficit, a tactic the authority and its union employed to bring attention to MARTA's plight could serve as a template for the future for state agencies wanting to give people a sense of what state budget cuts might really mean for them, their communities and their neighbors.
Editorial: No simple answers to education funding
Clarke County Schools Superintendent Phil Lanoue should be applauded for proposing that the school district cut into its reserve funds to the tune of almost $1 million to avoid an additional three days of teacher furloughs.
Editorial: School attendance bill needs deeper thought
There's no doubt that enthusiasm among public school administrators across Georgia for a legislative proposal to increase the mandatory attendance age from 16 to 17 is grounded in hope that keeping kids in high school to at least the edge of their senior year might prompt many of them to go ahead and earn a diploma.