The other thing that's dumb about the school budget votes is that's they're always the Tuesday after tax day.
Wow, that's poorly thought-out, assuming that they would *want* a basic education for the populace.
Australia has state police and Federal police - the Federal police are like the FBI, the state police handle everything else. The volunteer fire service is organised state-wide, but also has semi-autonomous units in every tiny rural community. I live in a town of 800 people, so pretty much everyone is involved in one way or another.
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Date: 2010-04-29 23:42 (UTC)The other thing that's dumb about the school budget votes is that's they're always the Tuesday after tax day.
Wow, that's poorly thought-out, assuming that they would *want* a basic education for the populace.
Australia has state police and Federal police - the Federal police are like the FBI, the state police handle everything else. The volunteer fire service is organised state-wide, but also has semi-autonomous units in every tiny rural community. I live in a town of 800 people, so pretty much everyone is involved in one way or another.