Monday, May 2, 2011

Do we have a shot at this?

Legislators seek to cap school realty tax increases
 
Momentum is growing in the General Assembly for legislation that would prevent your local school district from significantly increasing your property taxes without your say.
Wouldn't it be terrific if this was retroactive?  Maybe some For Sale signs would come down.


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11122/1143483-454-0.stm

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where were all the board members' questions before the bids went out the first time?

It looks like the Leeds Loonies from Liberal Lane ran up the price of the HS and didn't know and didn't care.

John Ewing

Jack Mulliken said...

Gov Corbett doesn't plan on cutting funding, he plans on not giving out funding that was previously part of federal Stimulus funds because they're not there to give.

Why must the media distort that fact?

And why are school boards so afraid to go to referendum? Is it because their spending would come under scrutiny? Is it because they would have to answer questions and be more accountable?