Those issues will be addressed along with new methods and techniques to reach the public. Workable solutions in the four topics will be covered thoroughly. But it's not the budget that bothers me so much. It's the attitude that bothers me. We must maintain that can-do attitude.
Any state can make progress in good times.
Only the great states can make progress in tough times. Easley said there is much at risk. We cannot let an economic shortfall become an educational shortfall. Robertson, a Salisbury native, mixed a few comforting words with some sobering ones during his dinner address. We are sounder fiscally than any other country and our economy, even though slowing, is the strongest among the major powers of the world.