tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post112172331055419653..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Cleaning out the inbasketKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-1122322279962822722005-07-25T15:11:00.000-05:002005-07-25T15:11:00.000-05:00Lottery: Well, it appears from threshing out the...Lottery: Well, it appears from threshing out the 12-mo. stats from the 17-mo. ones that:<BR/>$844.3M in sales were made.<BR/>$496M in 'prizes' were won.<BR/>$227.4M went toward scholarships. Only 27% of the sales go toward the "purpose" of the "education" lottery- and falls under the original estimate which I believe was in the 30% range - reason enough to vote against the stupid thing. Also note that the winnings exceeded the 50% estimate from the pre-lottery days. I guess that made it o.k. to steal half the unclaimed winnings "for the children". Despite R. Paul being the third largest beneficiary from the "education" lottery, administration took the biggest hit from original planning (falling to 14% from 20%). Of course, I guess we paid for the startup of pre-K with some of that too...<BR/><BR/>Eric HolcombeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-1121816601896123572005-07-19T18:43:00.000-05:002005-07-19T18:43:00.000-05:00kay -- good variety of topics!We are very confused...kay -- good variety of topics!<BR/><BR/>We are very confused and concerned about MNPS dropping the All Schools Fair. It is definitely needed so the public can see what MNPS has to offer. There is a lot of choice.<BR/><BR/>ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com