Make education the state's top priority

OPINION
OPINION | RICHARD MASON: Make education the state's top priority
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Richard Mason
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Do you ever ask yourself why our state is always at or near the rear of almost whatever has to do with quality of life, such as per capita income, or vaccinations, or college graduates, or a dozen other issues?
Do we as a state have an extra helping of the stupid gene? Are we just naturally a bunch of yahoos who are dumb as a sack of hammers, destined to occupy the bottom of almost every category you can imagine? Why can't we do better?

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