tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post7822358926761699962..comments2024-03-28T12:39:05.941-04:00Comments on Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Gazette Letter: County, state, feds engage in wasteful spendingJanis Sartuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-19480334173232856962011-10-29T10:46:14.897-04:002011-10-29T10:46:14.897-04:00@ John M
The practice of tearing down substantial ...@ John M<br />The practice of tearing down substantial brick and mortar school buildings in Montgomery County Public Schools has been going on for many years and has nothing to do with the state of the economy at present. <br />If this did have anything to do with the economy then we would want to see exactly what jobs are "created" by these funds. How much of this funding goes to Janis Sartuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-9597407520065487932011-10-29T10:22:15.642-04:002011-10-29T10:22:15.642-04:00Hi - Thanks for your response. I really enjoy y...Hi - Thanks for your response. I really enjoy your blog and the work you do. I think it is a great service to our community. On this subject, we might just have to respectfully disagree somewhat, though not fully. I agree that the process of implementing MCPS capital projects needs to be transparent, involve the interest of all impacted parties, and fairly balance the needs of all Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-70348311829520929282011-10-28T23:03:18.976-04:002011-10-28T23:03:18.976-04:00@John M.
The blog post was a Letter to the Editor...@John M.<br /><br />The blog post was a Letter to the Editor of the Gazette from a Silver Spring resident. <br /><br />You may not be aware, but tearing down a school requires that the students be relocated during the construction. Displacing children is hardly the same as digging a hole. The costs to the students, families and community are important, and not part of your analysis. <br /><br />Janis Sartuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027024806736232367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722263422968684230.post-43463024494355992042011-10-28T19:31:57.361-04:002011-10-28T19:31:57.361-04:00Folks - I generally agree with the things posted ...Folks - I generally agree with the things posted here, but the idea of stimulus is to get money into the economy. It doesn't matter if we pay people to dig holes that will be refilled, pick up money dropped by airplanes, or pay people to tear down schools and then rebuild them. Check this blog post from economist Paul Krugman.<br /><br />http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com