Stimulating discussion (or not)

By Karen Francisco

The Journal Gazette

Testimony on Gov. Mitch Daniels' budget proposal opened with a dramatic flourish today when House Democrats walked out, protesting the governor's effort to pass his plan off as a 2 percent increase for schools.

They are right to call the governor on his sleight-of-hand; wrong to walk out.

The hearing proceeded, with some good discussion between lawmakers and representatives of Indiana school districts and school associations.

It is worth noting that a day after dropping a budget that uses millions in federal stimulus spending to plug holes, the governor flew to Washington to criticize both "terrifying" deficits and Obama voters.

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Karen Francisco, senior editorial writer for The Journal Gazette, has been an Indiana journalist since 1981. She writes frequently about education for The Journal Gazette opinion pages and here, where she looks at the business, politics and science of learning as it relates to northeast Indiana, the state and the nation. She can be reached at 260-461-8206 or by e-mail at kfrancisco@jg.net.


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