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Stephen Robinson's avatar

I can't believe I have to say this, but PDX is short for "Portland," and is a widely accepted abbreviation for the city. This enables a wide range of people who read this headline to understand we mean "Portland, Oregon" and not "Portland Maine." And believe me, we'd get grief from people if we assumed that "Portland" alone was "Portland Oregon." Also, "PPS Public Schools" would have made less sense than "ATM Machine"

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Why is it that educators of all kinds have to fight and claw for every dime of funding, justifying it six ways from Sunday, while we lavish money on the military and police and prisons and all kinds of oppressive shit? Not only with no questions asked, but no one even 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 to ask questions, not without being canceled by the warriors against cancel culture. ("Defund the police, they say! They're anarchists!")

Why is it that taxpayers get to go to the polls and exercise direct control and veto power over taxation for schools, while politicians lavish billions on tax breaks for the wealthy and billions more on unneeded and useless military equipment, with no accountability? Except for standing for "election" in their gerrymandered-to-a-turn districts that are precisely engineered to be foolproof wins for any reactionary jackass able to spout obnoxious Fox News talking points.

Sorry but I'm feeling ranty. The way we fund public education in this country is totally fucked, always has been, and probably always will be. I'm not even going to talk about property tax disparities and vouchers because I might start punching holes in the drywall.

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