Teachers, contracts and strikes

I love teachers. My dad is a retired teacher. Many in my family are teachers. None hold teachers in higher esteem than me.

However, I don't think teacher contracts and strike provisions need to be handled in quite the same manner as those for police and firefighters.

Presently teachers can strike for a limited number of days each year, right? And, advance notice has to be delivered, right?

What's wrong with what we got now?

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Mass transit bill weighed

Put this into the trends: The devil is in the details and be careful for what you wish for.

Trib: "Mass transit aid bill weighed

HARRISBURG -- Mass transit agencies across Pennsylvania would get $200 million more each year from the state under a bill introduced with bipartisan sponsorship Wednesday to raise the state's realty transfer tax.

Wrongheaded indeed. To raise the realty transfer tax is exactly the wrong way to go.