John Locke or John Not

It is interesting that when the John Locke Foundation issues a major study showing that growth pays for itself some find it necessary to trash the organization as partisan and unrealistic.

However, when the same John Locke Foundation does a major study on education spending that shows Union County is below the state average on administrative costs and teacher-student ratio, these same people find it compelling to lift John Locke up as a reason to save education funding.

We have an old saying....you are either with me or against me. Unfortunately, some in our county leadership find it convenient to be with the John Locke when it is politically expedient and against them when it is not.

Hopefully County Commissioner Tracy Kuehler will come to a point where she can accept all of the findings of the John Locke Foundation and like-minded conservative organizations. It would be refreshing to see her embrace conservatism across the board.