This is one of those columns that politicians hate, and voters pretend not to read. It is about education funding and budget math. No slogans. No red meat. Just the dull, necessary arithmetic that determines whether schools, teachers and communities actually function. Grab some coffee. This stuff matters.
Christmas is over. The lights are coming down. The cookies are stale. And right on cue, the governor’s race in South Dakota finally stopped being polite and started saying the quiet parts out loud.
