On A Flagpole
I found myself driving past this site a few days in a row. I really didn’t pay much attention, as I was more worried about where I was going and watching out for other cars. However, I eventually got curious about what that was. Take a peek:
Can you tell? Yes, it’s a flag on a flag pole. And yes, the flag IS drawn all the way to the top of the pole (despite the bottom being way down the pole). Can you tell what flag it is? I figured it out eventually. It’s a North Carolina State Flag.
Obviously, it’s in horrible shape. It’s incredibly faded, almost beyond recognition, and it’s torn nearly in two. My first thought was that I needed to buy these people a new flag so they can fly a nice flag and not be embarrassed by the sight of this flag. So I walked around the side of the building to check it out. Know what it was?
It was a government school. Yes, the very same school system that needs billions of dollars every year to pay six-figure salaries to the principals and administrators. The same Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system that always wants to raise taxes “for the children.” The same school system that is getting millions of dollars from the state-run lottery. And they cannot afford to replace a horrible, torn, faded state flag flying outside — or at least have the decency to take it down.
I’m embarrassed for them. Your government has it’s priorities straight. Paying government workers obscene amounts of money for doing nothing is clearly #1.
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The most important stuff is always lowest priority for them. It makes it easier to beg for money and make the threats needed to get it.
Here in the school district I live in, they tried (along with 99 other districts in MN) to get the tax payers to allow them to raise their bill, but fortunately were one of the few that failed. The district Super threatened to sue a grass-roots effort to get the levy to fail simply because they told the truth - there is already plenty of money. His latest move was to shut down a school, hoping to make the ‘no’ voters feel bad. My reaction was that one school is a good start, but there are a lot of schools in the district (which has had declining enrollment for decades). We we get them all closed, I’ll be happy!!
Indeed, the more schools that shut down, the better! In Charlotte, where this school is located, they ask for more money via bonds every two years. They pass about 90% of the time, no matter the amount, no matter the reason — because “It’s For the Children” works EVERY time in this area.
That’s one of the main reasons I moved out of the Charlotte taxing area.