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"Plain and simple, the teachers got the short end of the stick".

That's a very gentle way of summarizing the above editorial. To pass the buck (literally) to the City Council is cowardly and false. The School Committee (SC) receives $160,000,000 of taxpayers hard-earned money each year and part of the budget is for raises, new hires etc. Furthermore, with all the laid-off teachers the SC should have a surplus of funds much greater than this expense. Lastly, there are only two possible reasons that the SC chair-person, Bethany Furtado made that written commitment and then reneged on it.

1. She lied. She never intended to keep her word, even though it was in writing.

2. She didn't lie, but something happened to the money she promised the SC was going to pay, and it happened in the last two weeks.

Either way, the SC committed a horrible offense, four days before Christmas. That's inhuman and the taxpayers/voters won't forget it. I won't let them.

Merry Christmas teachers.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor