Matt Blunt Balances Budget on Backs of Children, Again

Matt Blunt cuts funds to crisis nursuries:

Crisis nurseries, which care for children when family emergencies pop up, will see their state funding cut by nearly 40 percent in July.

Gov. Matt Blunt's plan cuts $500,000 from the $1.3 million program by requiring families to obtain "prior authorization" before using the nurseries, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported today.

Let's run the math: Matt Blunt's cuts represent a little more than a third of a third of the crisis nurseries' funding, which looks like $50,000 to the St. Louis Crisis Nursery. Considering that two thirds of the funds not provided by the state comes from charitable sources, would it be so hard to recoup the fifty grand from those private sources?

Speaking of which, why don't the papers cover the charities and draw attention to their positive effects, such as funding the crisis nurseries, unless the story focuses on showing the heartlessness of our elected leaders?