If a politician opens his mouth to talk about school funding in Illinois, chances are good he’s lying.
That’s the one hard and fast recommendation I have for voters and taxpayers after writing about education financing in this state for nearly 25 years.
It holds true for the current election for governor, where both candidates are promising to improve public school funding. It’s all about helping the children, don’t you know.
I was the first to expose the shell game that state legislators played with state lottery money, which was sold to the public for many years (via radio commercials) as a way of financing public education.