One of the best columns on The Blagorgeous was Aaron Chambers’ Saturday column
The set-up is beautiful:
VISUALIZE YOUR CHARACTER. Become that person. It was a remarkable explanation.
With each policy proposal and spontaneous remark, it becomes clearer that Blagojevich has an acute sense of drama. He knows what to say to please his audience in any particular moment. He is engaging.
But he also is a man for whom truth and reality appear to be fluid concepts.
And then he kicks it in with a description of the problems with the Guv’s education plans:
THEN IN MARCH, AFTER months of criticism that he wasn’t taking school funding seriously, Blagojevich said the state could raise $300 million for schools by selling more gaming positions to casinos.
Only, casinos have a disincentive to expand as long as they’re taxed at 70 percent on annual receipts over $200 million. For that matter, not all casinos use the capacity allotted to them.
When reporters asked Blagojevich if he was serious about expanding gambling to improve education funding, he said he was serious about raising high school graduation requirements — another prong of his education plan.
Only, most Illinois school districts already meet or exceed his proposed standards.