The Idaho Legislature began slashing education funding in 2009, but it did set aside money to establish the Idaho Education Network, a plan to link all high schools to broadband Internet services. Now that the state has pulled the plug and the $60 million contract has been terminated, lawmakers should ponder this question: What if they had just sent state dollars to local school districts instead?/Spokesman-Review Editorial Board. More here.

Question: Am I the only one who would like to see a full-scale investigation re: who's to blame -- and who benefitted -- by the Idaho Education Network fiasco?