One thing, we're never gonna have all the answers...or the solutions. In small government you always are going to have agendas and ideas and people who have their own ideas. As I recall, there was a man elected to the school board over in Wise County who campaigned purely on being agsinst consolidation. There are others who state that they are against it no matter what. You're not going to have answers or solutions if you have people who have their minds made up that way, its no better if they are set in stone and its the way you think or against the way you think.

I'm not someone who wants consolidation, wish we hadnt gotten to the point where it is an alternative and in my view, a necessary alternative, but it has. I'm open minded and realize there is a world of opportunity out there that has to be available.

Fact is, yes there are tons of agendas but those agendas aren't just in the minds of the people who think against what you think. Thats one of the things that kills me about most people. One of my best friends is as big of a republican as there is in the world. I have no problem with their political beliefs, that is their own and doesn't affect our friendship in the last, we just realize we disagree now and then. What does kill me is in their mind, they pick the best person for the job every election, but that person just happens to be Republican. That makes them the worst of the worst, because they are so close minded. So why its easy to gripe and complain about agendas on school consolidation, are the ones who are 'pro-consolidation' and worse than the ones who are 'anti'-consolidation'? No they aren't, the ones who are close minded are the problem. Most of them probably don't have the facts to make an informed opinion now, or the comprehension to understand that they have heard/read.

In a nutshell, there are agendas on both sides of the issue and if we try to pretend otherwise, the only thing you're doing is fooling yourself.