Breathtaking appeal by school board member greeted with enough rotten fruit to make a durian.

It is a profound understatement to suggest that the most recent trial balloon of Bruce Hibbard's boost in pay is being met with widespread venom at all levels of local society.

Hines makes a game effort to argue the case for the superintendent's increased remuneration, but in the end, what really gets "raised" in his piece are numerous questions about virtually every aspect of our local school system.

HINES: Should fairness be considered and results be rewarded?, by DJ Hines, Local Guest Columnist

SOUTHERN INDIANA — When people do a great job, and produce outstanding results, do they deserve to be rewarded? Why not give the New Albany-Floyd County Schools superintendent a raise?