vision2020
More School Questions
Whoa. Hold on there John. Never said it. I DO NOT
believe the community is obligated to raise taxes ANY
year to meet district needs. In the broad way that we
govern ourselves (we don't all agree on every issue pretty
obviously) the community decides what kind of schools it
wants for the number of dollars that the community
decides it wants to pay for those schools. I have said
before that if the currently-proposed levy does not pass,
the district will do the best it can with what it has
available. In fact that was the starting point for discussion
after the failure of the Nov. levy. What can we do with
what we'll have.
A significant number of community members came
forward and said "we don't want that." "Try another levy.
We believe that the community will support it now that
there is better communication and understanding." I don't
know if that's true or not. I firmly believe we will better
educate more kids next year if the levy passes than if it
fails, but certainly MSD 281 will operate next year either
way.
On 28 Mar 02, at 17:19, John Danahy wrote:
Date forwarded: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:20:19 -0800 (PST)
From: "John Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>
To: "Vision2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>
Subject: More School Questions
Date sent: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:19:41 -0800
Forwarded by: vision2020@moscow.com
Recent stories in the LM have contained comments from
various trustees regarding ongoing levy increases. Mike
Curly made a comment to me that the board believes the
community is obligated to increase taxes every year to
meet
the needs of the district. Since there has been no attempt
by the board to revoke the permanent status of the
supplemental levy, is it reasonable to assume that the
board
intends to ask the patrons for a tax increase on a yearly
basis?
John Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
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