Chenango County, we’ve got a problem. And the scary part is ... if each and every person reading this (spread the word if you please) doesn’t get involved, no amount of griping, whining or carrying-on is going to fix it.

And no, I’m not going to dive into another political rant – a tendency I do have from time to time, I’ll admit – yet this problem does involve politics, particularly on the state level. In other words, get out your pen, grab a fresh sheet of college-ruled paper and start writing.

It’s time (and more than time) to flood our state representatives with letters. Not dozens of letters, nor hundreds or even thousands. We need to do better than that. In fact, each and every one of us – if you happen to give a damn about the children and students of our community – has a responsibility to put a stop to this madness and – no matter what it takes – it’s time to make a stand.

Unfortunately, this is just one more matter in which it’s the rich versus the poor, but this time, it’s not a Democratic versus Republican issue. This involves our children and their education. In my opinion, both are worth fighting for. And it’s a fight that they – our state legislators – better be ready for, because if this is done right, we can finally affect some change in a system that is no longer on the point of breaking.