Bravo. Well played, sir.

The initial CMS budget plan rings all the right alarm bells without fundamentally altering its top-heavy management structure.

Burbs, watch out, those new schools you voted for might not open, you could lose middle school sports, and your kids will be in larger classes. Magnet mommies — shuttle stops! Boo! Equity activists, no more early-grade FOCUS focus, cut alt-school staff, maybe close high-poverty, half-empty schools!

As a political document, this is good stuff. So good in fact that I believe it will form the basis of a drive to get the county commission to put a one-quarter cent sales tax hike on the ballot for November.

For the children.