Game of Thrones fans remember the ominous warning, “Winter is coming.” It was about White Walkers and the army of the undead invading. Winter is coming in Iowa too. There aren’t White Walkers and the undead lurking behind Iowa snow drifts, but the annual legislative Winter Dance Party under the Golden Dome will begin soon.
It might not provoke White Walker terror, but Iowa educators feel a chill down their spines thinking about the Iowa legislature convening on January 12. What’s the next attack? How will we cope? Will they increase state funding for schools above the inflation rate?
Like all middle school dances, they’ll be a division of dancers. But this dance won’t be girls on one side boys on the other. Democrats will cluster together in the hopes of a little warmth, while Republicans puff up their chests, strut around to call the tunes. Bipartisan dancing will be sadly sparse…