The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

With just one more year left as a State lawmaker, State Senator Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling finds the most-recently concluded General Assembly session to be one of the most frustrating in his 15 years.

“There were things we did that were good, to help stimulate the economy, to help those who need it, and in areas that needed help,” Sonnenberg told this reporter recently.

But his fear is that lawmakers did things that are unsustainable in future years, such as investments in day care, early childhood and even K-12 education. “I don’t know how we sustain some of the attempts we’v...