tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251303505286896935.post6975027947054597355..comments2023-06-04T09:50:58.033-05:00Comments on As I see it: The Taxoholics are at it again!The Old Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07080602373739492693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251303505286896935.post-56253011187816304392010-10-15T20:30:07.990-05:002010-10-15T20:30:07.990-05:00I have NOTHING against them asking...it's aski...I have NOTHING against them asking...it's asking EVERY YEAR when it's been rejected 3 straight years! THAT'S what I'm objecting to, not the act of the referendum. Remember, they've been sending out mailings... FROM THE SCHOOL FUNDING ... to try getting MORE funding. We pay our share of taxes. AND more, since we have no children in the school system. Therefore, we are taxed INFINITELY GREATER than those who pay the school system with for 1 child, 2, or more.<br /><br />And you know NOTHING about the education in this area. I know more than you'd expect. I LIVE in the area, I know what they've cut, what they haven't, what they use the levies to purchase. Their textbooks are up to date. They want to purchase WI-FI for the kids, let them download music and such, free of charge! I've read their budgets. They don't propose raising salaries, but the throw the money into a fund to pay for the mailings from the previous year. They throw it into sports. They throw it into buying basketball hoops. REALLY. HOW is that kind of stuff linked to EDUCATION? And they propose installing METAL DETECTORS... And there has not been one incidence of violence at the schools in this area!<br /><br />Don't get me wrong -- I am NOT saying they shouldn't have the authority to ask. But I think it needs to be sorely limited. <br /><br />Next year, I will not be in this area. But EVEN until I leave, I would NOT SUPPORT allowing the kids to surf the web instead of working on the studies they've been given. And THAT is what is happening.<br /><br />If you'd like, I can get all the facts and figures direct for you. <br /><br />WHEN these guys put forth a decent budget, and STICK to it, THEN maybe we can consider a levy. But not until they stop throwing away the money on the frivolous luxuries upon which they are spending at this time!The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080602373739492693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2251303505286896935.post-40925666757364357312010-09-05T14:19:25.571-05:002010-09-05T14:19:25.571-05:00I don't understand. You want to write an unco...I don't understand. You want to write an unconstitutional law prohibiting the school board in your area? Just because you're irritated by how they keep asking for money? Bizarre.<br /><br />It may be irritating that you have to tell them 'no' every two years, but look on the bright side: you live in an anti-education area that will continue denying much needed funding to your local schools <i>every time</i> they ask.Donavonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116131644491284814noreply@blogger.com