Geno A. offers to give up salary

Interesting quote bu Gino, "Why is it that older people turn their back on education when somebody paid for their kids when they were in school?"

Why is it that so many used this tired overgeneralization about all seniors? Was if they never had kids? Perhaps Gino is getting a bit over the hill himself. Did he ever thank those seniors who supported school budgets (and made far less money than him) for doing so?

RGS, it may be a tired overgeneralization (stereotype?) but my father (HC Class of '42) was, as you might imagine, a great proponent for education and when he retired and moved from Long Island to New Jersey - Lakewood, specifically - and the township was filled with retirement communities, he was distressed to hear and share with me that most of his neighbors said "I'm not voting for the school tax because I have no children in the district and I get no benefit from it." He saw the larger picture and would vote for the school levy. His pitch to his neighbors fell mostly on deaf ears, which keeping with stereotypes, was typical of the older folks. Now I can tell that joke because I've been wearing hearing aids for decades. 

But, yeah, I would love to see a follow-up story to see if Geno actually does forego his UConn salary and has to squeeze by on his endorsements and restaurant income (actually, not a bad place in Storrs). 

I have to tell you that there is some truth to what Geno has to say here.  I live in a town where the public (not a town council or some such body) votes on the municipal budget.  As our middle and high schools are part of a regional school district, we separately vote on that budget.  These are full day 14 hour referenda.  Years ago, we once had to vote thirteen times to get the regional school district budget passed.  I had a lot of friends who were active in promoting those budgets but whose kids have since graduated from high school.  They may not actively oppose the budgets today, but less than half of these people who once cared a lot  bother taking five minutes to vote. 

My wife is the registrar of voters and spends the whole day running the referendum so it is pretty hard for me to forget, but many decide it is no longer a priority or, worse, decide they will oppose spending money to educate other's kids.  

Oh, and Geno's kids went to Catholic high school but I recall him actively supporting public school building projects in Manchester where he lives. There are a few things to criticize him about, but on this topic he has been a consistent straight shooter.