The California Teachers Association spent the past couple of years blasting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for shortchanging public schools, but now a San Francisco Chronicle article details the degree to which the state's public schools are flush with cash. Don't expect any apologies to the governor, or any effort to return the excess cash to taxpayers. In the world of public schools, teachers unions and Sacramento legislators, the only thing wrong with the state's schools is – can we say it in unison – they don't have enough money to do their job.

"California schools are in line for a $6 billion windfall over the next five years, and interest groups are already lining up to get their share, promoting ideas like improving high schools, paying teachers more, and helping urban districts with severely declining enrollment," the Chronicle reported.