Wild Card/Thursday — 3.17.11

Today is a black day for Idaho public education. As expected Gov. Butch Otter signed 2 Tom Luna’s so-called “reform” bills for public education into law. It would be interesting to speculate if Luna and Otter would have been brazen enough to foist this trashing of our education into law in an election year. I doubt it. Mebbe they’re banking on the public’s short memory. Or mebbe they’re right in speculating that the majority of Idaho doesn’t care, even though many school districts passed levies this month. I’m glad my kids are through the public education system. I wonder how long it’ll take Idaho to slip to No. 50 in terms of public education. Now for your Wild Card …