Clyde Dyar of Mount Vernon, ME Congratulating Ms Gendron for doing that now that a petition has been circulated to repeal this idiocy, is tantamount to finding a horse that has gotten out of the pasture. I have had a position paper out there for a long time asking the Governor and the commissioner to "just say time out". This is ridiculous that all these fine people from all the municipalities in this state have been wasting their time for the past two years based upon the ill advised directions from Augusta. I find that every day there is less and less trust in Augusta. I wonder why. To pull 36.5 million out of schoolfunding to try and balance the budget and to cut the "promised 55% to 48% from the school funding and still expect savings is completely insane. Where do these people get their math from?report abuse

Gunkholer of Augusta, ME This is a classic situation calling for a judicial solution. A decision maker must be found who is neither the Department of Education (who have incentives to force consolidation), nor the school districts (who have incentives not to consolidate). In this system of government, the only viable arbiter of disputed decisions is the courts.

Each of these disputed disbursements of funds must be sent before a judge to decide -- who is balking, who is following the rules, who deserves to be rewarded, and who deserves to be penalized. This will take time. Lots of time. But, now that the path has been set, it is the only real solution available to us.report abuse