Re: More School Questions

["John Danahy" <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>]

Okay Mike, since I don't keep my old e-mails, I cannot verify who told me
that, though I was sure it was you sometime in February.
However, I think the question still has merit.  Does the board intend to
return to asking the community for a tax increase every year?

John Danahy
jdanahy@turbonet.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Curley" <curley@turbonet.com>
To: "Vision2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:25 PM
Subject: 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
>