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Dan Abel

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
> > A school district near here cut the basketball program.
> > It was basketball or a teacher. It fired up one person (my
> > barber) enough that he personally funded it and then got parents
> > (and other interested citizens) to chip in.
>
> The strategy is to cut, or threaten to cut, something
> that's highly popular like sports or libraries or theatre.
> If you cut, say, a history teacher nobody will care.

I wish I could say that you were wrong, but, alas, I can't! That *is* a
common game.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA