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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 15, 2005
SALEM - Oregon lawmakers and Gov. Ted Kulongoski wanted to make school dollars stretch further by targeting the state's 20 education service districts for potential mergers.
But as has happened several times before, policymakers are getting a lesson in how politically difficult that prospect....