Cutting expenses, obvious vs. effectiveness.

When large institutions public and private go through hard financial times they often look for the easiest and most obvious places to cut. Unfortunately the ones making the decisions are usually the most expensive players. Luckily the governor of California has the elected position to see that one of the easiest ways to save allot of money right away is to cut a very expensive position, Education Secretary. This article, on Edweek.org goes more into the politics of the the decision, but I think that the financial reasons are fairly sound. I am glad that despite major cuts to the budget, Mr Brown is putting education first and not cutting much of the education budget.