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Many (especially the large inner city and suburban) districts have plenty of funding. That's the point. They simply don't spend it well. I've contracted for several local school districts over the years. The amount of waste is incredible. The entire education system needs an overhaul. For the record, I'm an advocate of one state level school system broken into regions. Equal funding per child. Vouchers for anyone. No more rich vs poor public school divisions. Every child in public education should have an equal opportunity to learn. The savings of having consolidated HR, IT, accounting, etc would be mind boggling. And furthermore, school taxes should not be based on home values. It would be a flat tax or other variant.

Sure, but they aren't CEOs of huge profitable corporations. They're heads of underperforming (on a global scale) public institutions.

Imagine this point of view instead: The average public school superintendent makes $225,000 - $275,000. The average high school football team has 53 players on the roster. If the pay-to-play fee is $500, that's $26,500. If the schools REALLY cared about the sports and the kids, I think they could find places to pull it from. But hey, why make concessions and spend your budget wisely when you can just guilt the public into passing levies and continue making your fat salary? What happened to the days of the football team, band, choir, etc doing fundraisers to pay for their program? We sold wreaths around Christmas, mulch in the spring, and did car washes in the summer. The community willingly gave these programs money. I don't know how it is in most places, but I haven't seem this in years.

I talked to the EBR guy at Mid Ohio. They're very excited to have Larry as a dealer. I need to swing in there and chat with Larry.

I do not. I used to do contract work for them many years ago, but that's my only connection.

Pretty sure we just stared at his junk.

These Ogio gear bags are awesome. I have a different model, but they're all similar. Very handy. I can stash all my gear plus a long weekend's worth of clothes. Gump has one also. Made packing the truck for the Gap trip a breeze.

You guys need to stop posting shit so I can stop buying shit.

Isn't it too wide for the trails?

That sucks man. Going to get another one?

And we have a winner.

The dates will most likely be June 4-7, 2015 so put it on your calendar early. Do we want to stay at Fontana Village again? Should we try to get other forums/groups to join us and make a larger "rally" style event? Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? Gripes? I want to hear your input. What do you like about the weekend, and what would you like to see done different next year? Event is setup and ready for reservations. All event info will be kept up to date in the event on the calendar. This way people who sync the OR calendar with their mobile devices won't have to search for the info. Please RSVP on the event so we can keep a head count (on the right side of the event page). http://ohioriders.net/index.php?/calendar/event/705-ohio-riders-invades-deals-gap/ New thread here: http://ohioriders.net/index.php?/topic/105961-ohio-riders-invades-deals-gap-2015/

I can't eat Mexican ever since that breakfast in Santa Fe. Almost didn't make it back to the hotel room.

ET's phoning home!!!

Wow. Glad you're both relatively okay. Keep us updated.

I kinda (really) want this. Interested in any trades?

Woah. Anything on the news about it?

Tell him to sell the BMW. Problem solved.

Jason will wait for you.

But I should say, I'd love to go somewhere without much of a winter where I could ride year round. Plus, working with you again would be awesome. Although, it's probably not safe for anyone involved.

We tried that one already. Carie won't move to Texas.

No.

I'm in the same boat.

We didn't get to stick around long unfortunately. But it was good to see some folks.

How are those 512G drives?