A sorry lot! More and more evidence is appearing in local journals about rulemakers with "feet of clay." It should be apparent to (even) fifth-graders that the stink of politics floats around do-gooders who have their own agendas - rather than what may be beneficial for their constituency.

My first journalism teacher, a former editor of the old Baltimore SUN, taught that after getting the names correct, we should "follow the money!" In every case where an elected (or appointed) public official seems to be strangely supporting or denying a clearly beneficial option, somebody should be looking at how those decisions affect their financial status.

We certainly should be concerned with a Nanny who has succeeded to overseeing a committee charged with improving fifth-grader's options, and now seems bent on imposing HER perceptions over better qualified professionals.

There's not much we can do about restraining inept officials beyond "throwing the rascals out" at the next opportunity. One hopes, "As it is written, so let it be."