My Man Dan
2013-09-20 - by
I’m always looking for something nice to say about a Republican. But Dan Forest? Sorry, I’ve got to do it.
Monday, I posted a blog (Let Teachers Teach) saying we should pay teachers $100,000 a year. Then, on Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor Forest called for North Carolina to pay the nation’s highest teaching salaries. Asked whether North Carolina teachers should make more than $100,000 a year, Forest replied, “Why not? Why shouldn’t’ we do that?”
As Forrest Gump would say, “Lieutenant Dan!”
Asked where he’d find the $2 billion or so it would cost, Forest said: “I think there’s plenty of money in government (already),” he said. “We’ll figure out a way to do it. … I think we need to put our money where our mouth is.”
Appearances to the contrary, I have no pipeline to the Lieutenant Governor. I don’t know why he said this. Maybe he’s looking to replace Governor McCrory in 2016. Or carve out some space from GOP orthodoxy. Or just get attention.
Whatever. Run, Forest, run.
My Man Dan
2013-09-20/
I’m always looking for something nice to say about a Republican. But Dan Forest? Sorry, I’ve got to do it.
Monday, I posted a blog (Let Teachers Teach) saying we should pay teachers $100,000 a year. Then, on Wednesday, Lieutenant Governor Forest called for North Carolina to pay the nation’s highest teaching salaries. Asked whether North Carolina teachers should make more than $100,000 a year, Forest replied, “Why not? Why shouldn’t’ we do that?”
As Forrest Gump would say, “Lieutenant Dan!”
Asked where he’d find the $2 billion or so it would cost, Forest said: “I think there’s plenty of money in government (already),” he said. “We’ll figure out a way to do it. … I think we need to put our money where our mouth is.”
Appearances to the contrary, I have no pipeline to the Lieutenant Governor. I don’t know why he said this. Maybe he’s looking to replace Governor McCrory in 2016. Or carve out some space from GOP orthodoxy. Or just get attention.
Whatever. Run, Forest, run.