Great step forward...but...

Something is still missing! Milwaukee Public Schools are now going to require visitors to show an ID and wear a Visitor Badge.

This is a great step in promoting school safety and protecting our kids from intruders, possible offenders and kidnappers.

And yet again, the logic behind this new promotion applies to the long-chanted GOP complaint: Show a Photo ID at the polls!

"We do think it's important that we verify who someone is," said Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent William Andrekopoulos.

Agreed. When picking up a child from school, or casting a vote in an important election - we should verify that someone is who they say they are.

Another applicable quote:

Jennifer Alyousef, a parent at Whittier Elementary School, said she thinks tightening the security procedure is a great idea, but hopes that it's enforced in all buildings. "We have a lot of people going in and out of our small school," she said.

We also have a lot of people going in and out of a polling place on election day. Perhaps visiting more than one polling place as well. With all those people, we need a system to keep them straight.

Finally, a third logical explanation:

"This is just to maintain safety," Castillo said. "It's like when you go into airports, it's not very fun to get your shoes off and take everything out of your pockets . . . but we have to understand that's just the way things are now."

Don't you think we've progressed to the point where it's just "the way things are" that voters should have to show a photo ID? After withstanding years of over-votes, buses from Chicago, students abusing the system, haven't we learned that though it might be irritating to some- it's just the way things are? This is just to maintain integrity.

Seems pretty simple to me.