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David Miller fought for fair school funding, calling it quits. « Fred Klonsky's blog

David Miller fought for fair school funding, calling it quits. « Fred Klonsky's blog

David Miller fought for fair school funding, calling it quits.

David Miller, a member of the Illinois General Assembly for the past ten years, represents the working class and minority suburbs south and west of the City.

His issue has been fair funding for Illinois schools.

He had a pretty simple, reasonable and therefore dangerous idea: The quality of a child’s school should not depend on their zip code. This is a revolutionary concept for Illinois, where schools are funded primarily by local property taxes and the state’s contribution ranks among the worst of all 50 states.

Miller decided to run for state comptroller last November. It should have been a no-brainer of choice. I mean his