Speaking of Newt Gingrich, anyone else see Pete Gorman getting ready to the pull the Washington Monument bit with regard to money for CMS? Pete doesn’t get the $10m. more he is looking for from Mecklenburg County and he is gonna — what?

What is the equivalent of shutting down the Washington Monument, the Bill Clinton brainchild that turned back Gingrich’s GOP revolution in November 1995?

Field trips, science and math contests seem like obvious choices. Maybe sports. Has to be something big and symbolic. Am I missing something? I mean, we know it won’t be the $9m. “learning communities” Gorman created.