Re: Property Taxes

["Archie" <archie@moscow.com>]

The schools are not failing.  Perhaps you have been taken in by a right-wing plot to divert funds
to religious schools.  The idea is that if one repeats something often enough, people will come to
believe it.
Archie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>
To: "'Vision2020'" <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 6:13 PM
Subject: Property Taxes


> I just received my Assessment Notice for Property Taxes on my home in
> Moscow.
>
> Here was the breakdown:
>
> School District 281: 47.8%
> Moscow: 23.5%
> County: 19.9%
> N. Latah Highway: 5.4%
> Library: 2.6%
> Moscow Cemetery: 0.8%
>
> I'm appalled that 47.8% of my *local* tax dollars goes to our dwindling,
> failing school system -- with requests coming in every day to increase
> that tax burden.
>
> Yet another reason I'm for a separation of School and State.
>
> FWIW.
> Dale
>