LaMai's friends at Gothamist feature an entry about a woman challenging the government for her education dollars. Comments include talk of the "20/20" segment.
LaMai thinks that the public park lawn care analogy is weird, though.
Directly from Gothamist:
Woman Wants Government to Pay for Private School
This is awesome: A Queens woman is asking a judge to make the state pay for her five children to get a private school education. The basis for Dianne Payne's claim is that since the state owes the city about $5.6 billion to give public school students a basic education, the city is currently failing her kids and therefore, the $12,500 the city reportedly spends per student should just be given directly to her! Payne, who sends two children to private school in Queens, told reporters, "I'm doing my job as a parent. The problem is that the city is not doing its job." While people don't expect her motion to gain any traction (the city calls it "obvious grandstanding"), Gothamist imagines this will pave the way for people suggesting that the city give them the money it uses to maintain the parks because they know how to take care of lawns better. This actually sounds like an extension of the credits for parents who would send their kids fo private school that we think Giuliani floated (it was some politician) a while back - does this still exist?
Fun fact: Payne's lawyer is Eric Grannis, former City Council member Eva Moskowitz's husband.
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