The governor displays a lack of knowledge on the process of government. She announces a solution to furloughs without acknowledging that the HSTA must look at it and give back further rights that they had bargained for. She neglects the fact that there is a contract that provides these rights in effect. She neglects the fact that HGEA has a contract that remains with furloughs and there is no contract with UPW. She neglects the fact that what she proposes does not solve the problem.
And how can a republican senator keep saying that the DOE has $2.7 billion when he should know that the governor has imposed spending restrictions. That portion of that amount is for debt service. That portion of that amount is for CIP projects. The DOE may have been allocated that amount but has never received it.
It seems that members of the republican party are more concerned with the governor’s office than public education. They are more concerned with announcing who is to blame if it fails than solving the problem. They are more concerned of finding fault with the HSTA, the BOE and the DOE than taking responsibility and solving the problem.
Egan Kawamoto
