How many ways can you say it?

Texarkana Gazette: In Our View: Trying do-littles: "They will just say, "The courts made us do it. It was those judicial busybodies who forced us to break our promises of tax relief and otherwise stiff the people who elected us. We wanted to keep the business of funding education under our control and local control. But now our hands are tied by people who don't have to answer to constituents."

That will not be the whole truth. They have spent our tax money on unproductive special sessions. They have postured and propagandized, and done just about anything but come up with a solution."

Lufkin Daily News: Legislative delays stall school work: " The special session is scheduled to end on Aug. 21, and many state lawmakers are saying it's time to pull the plug and go home, despite Gov. Rick Perry's vow that he would keep calling special sessions until the Legislature passes school reform and finance laws.

"In the 26 to 27 years I've been working for Lufkin ISD, I've never seen it come down this close to the wire," Parsons said. "In the past, if they changed the funding, it went into effect at the start of the next school year."

Startlegram: Grusendorf seeks legislation for textbooks: "Grusendorf said it is also clear to him that enacting meaningful education reform is all but impossible anytime soon."

Sorry about that, teach! The way this session is going, the Lege won't be helping you out. That's okay, really. Who needs to learn Spanish/English/Algebra/Geometry/World History? Given the way your salary is looking, you'll have to take a part-time job teaching at Sylvan/working at the Tastee-Freeze/painting houses anyway.

Ridiculous.