agree.  As I said last week, the contract is a giveaway by a weak governor worried about his re-election.  The trouble is that the lavish new contract does not bring us new teachers or guarantee greater accomplishment or productivity in the classroom.  We do have excellent teachers out here and we need to reward them.  But most of the teaching force here graduated in the lowest quintile of their college and there is little demand for their services anywhere in the state.  Why pay more for the same old poor performance?  Makes no sense.