Thursday, January 15, 2009

King Plum to cut higher education

Thirty years into the reign of "King" Ken Plum, he finally has been chosen as the Democratic Caucus Chair for the Virginia House of Delegates. This means that King Ken Plum will be making even more poignent attacks against the other party and will continue his streak of supporting party endeavors over the more localized needs of Reston residents. Plum has proven this time and again when siding with Democratic king-makers as opposed to civic groups in Reston.

But the real news to come out of the Virginia House is that King Ken Plum is scrambling to make up for that severe budget shortfall. Guess where this former educator looked for his budget proposal? Yes, you got it... King Ken Plum is going to make significant cuts in higher education. Take that "future of America!" Apparently, when one is in the statehouse for 30 years, they get completely shortsighted.

Of course the monarch of Reston wasn't finished. He also supports cutting support staff in Virginia schools. Along with that, he already has expressed support for cutting police funding and Commonwealth's Attorneys by 7 percent.

And as any 30-year monarch would, he plans on raising taxes.

King Ken Plum has absolutely no vision and no sense of ingenuity. Reston has many lofty plans for development that, sadly, will be hampered by this person. But hey, at least he was chosen to a seat that nobody outside of politics cares about!

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