While the state budget impasse caused a great many problems for state workers and state programs, as well as those who depended upon them, one good thing came out of the negotiations: more funding for disadvantaged school districts, including Pottstown and Daniel Boone.

This is the finished version of the published cartoon jabbing at Rendell's poor focus on important aspects of state government.

An unpublished cartoon, No payments til November was inspired by the budget promises of state legislators who tried to include money for almost everything requested. The Pennsylvania state budget increased by $1.1 billion this year.