Pubdate: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 Source: West Hawaii Today (HI) Copyright: 2008 West Hawaii Today Contact: http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/contact_us/letters/ Website: http://westhawaiitoday.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/644 Author: Kije Hazelwood PRIORITIES ALL WRONG Yesterday's WHT announced proposed school closings. Each school closed "saved" $400,000 in the budget. Let's see, $400,000 that's one and a half minutes of the War in Iraq. It's less than a day for the War on Drugs. It's 1/4,000,000 (yes one four millionth) of the bailout, and its 1/20 of the average CEO golden parachute. I'd say "we the people" need to speak out for a change of priorities or the next generation won't be able to do this math. Kije Hazelwood Kailua-Kona - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin