It would be nice to see editors as worried about the deplorable state of public education as they are about "spending."  What about the shortest school year in the nation?  What about having some of the most crowded classrooms in the country?  

When M97 didn't pass, the editors act as though it MUST be because it was a poor measure.  40% of Oregonians wouldn't vote for any tax measure regardless of how much sense it made.  Our schools, our most important institutions are in crisis and RG editors and others continue to do nothing to help.