Well, today's Journal pretty much makes clear who said what and when. Probably not the best choice of words on the part of Mr Lofgren, but far from a hanging offense. In fact I understand his sentiment completely. It reminds me of the story of a person who moves to town and buys a house next to some railroad tracks that have been there for 100 years. She then complains to the city council about how she can't sleep because of how loud the trains are. The city passes an ordinance forbiding trains from running at night!
The one who really "blew it" was Tom Courtney. He said when asked about a proposal to hold third graders back who can't read, "If we could just find the money to get them in preschool, they'd be able to read in third grade"!! Spoken like a true Lib. Funny, I thought that was the job of the kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade teachers. That's who used to do it.
