Re: Cosolidation

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Posted by jon on April 13, 2007 at 16:14:50 (EST):

In Reply to: Re: Cosolidation posted by about the kids on April 13, 2007 at 13:22:13 (EST):

: : : Voter Beware. Any time a candidate claims to have all of the answers, they are wrong. How can anyone be in full support or completely against consolidation when the definition of "consolidation" has not yet been determined, and the facts that need to be analyzed are not yet available. Anyone who has formed a finalized opinion on this issue demonstrates a true inability to make a well informed decision. I am tired of listening to people who are for or against consolidation, and I would never cast my vote for anyone who has made up their mind before the research is complete. This election is too important for this area to elect anyone in who is pushing their "personal" agenda. Emotional choices cannot exist when we have so much to lose. So let's CONSOLIDATE as a group of voters and let our candidates know that we need them to keep their minds open and base their choices on knowledge and common sense.

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: : Sorry for the spelling error in the Subject line. Cosolidation = Consolidation :)
: Finally! You are right on! Most of you really need to look at this statement and try to identify WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS??!! should be the most important issue here not our petty opinions of the current school board members lets focus on THE KIDS!!!

Yeah, yeah.."the kid's".

Listen, I agree the kids in the area deserve the best education...that we can AFFORD to give them.
Sure, we COULD build a new taj-mahal school with all the classrooms, labs, auditoriums and sports facilities, or we COULD renovate all the schools to be "state of the art" facilities.
We COULD also hire even more teachers than we currently have.
What we COULD do and what we can AFFORD to do are completely separate issues. The peple of this area are not rich people. We do not have the tax base to go on a spending spree. What we need to do is whatever provides the kids with what they NEED, for the lowest possible cost.

People who do not have kids understand this the best. They don't feel they should face losing their homes just so that those who have kids can be happy with their school.

Something else many of the people don't realize is that if area taxpayers weren't being raped by property taxes, a lot more parents could afford to send their kids to college.

Look at the sherrif's sale pages, the people of this area just can't afford additional taxes. Many can't even afford the current taxes.

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Re: Cosolidation TP 18:12:52 4/13/2007 (13)
- Re: Cosolidation jon 13:22:31 4/14/2007 (12)
  - Re: Cosolidation Response to Einstein here 21:41:19 4/14/2007 (8)
    - Re: Cosolidation jon 17:02:47 4/15/2007 (7)
      - Re: Cosolidation .. 17:54:16 4/15/2007 (6)
        
        Re: Cosolidation jon 18:20:41 4/15/2007 (5)
        
        Re: Cosolidation you've lost me 19:01:15 4/15/2007 (4)
        
        Re: Cosolidation Missy 20:24:18 4/15/2007 (1)
        
        Re: Cosolidation jon 20:40:17 4/15/2007 (0)
        
        Re: Cosolidation jon 20:23:54 4/15/2007 (1)
        
        Re: Cosolidation Missy 20:58:46 4/15/2007 (0)
  - Re: Cosolidation Joe 15:23:04 4/14/2007 (2)
    - Re: Cosolidation The Chief 18:58:27 4/15/2007 (0)
    - Re: Cosolidation jon 15:55:15 4/14/2007 (0)

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: : : : : Voter Beware. Any time a candidate claims to have all of the answers, they are wrong. How can anyone be in full support or completely against consolidation when the definition of "consolidation" has not yet been determined, and the facts that need to be analyzed are not yet available. Anyone who has formed a finalized opinion on this issue demonstrates a true inability to make a well informed decision. I am tired of listening to people who are for or against consolidation, and I would never cast my vote for anyone who has made up their mind before the research is complete. This election is too important for this area to elect anyone in who is pushing their "personal" agenda. Emotional choices cannot exist when we have so much to lose. So let's CONSOLIDATE as a group of voters and let our candidates know that we need them to keep their minds open and base their choices on knowledge and common sense. : : : : : : Sorry for the spelling error in the Subject line. Cosolidation = Consolidation :) : : Finally! You are right on! Most of you really need to look at this statement and try to identify WHAT IS BEST FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS??!! should be the most important issue here not our petty opinions of the current school board members lets focus on THE KIDS!!! : : Yeah, yeah.."the kid's". : Listen, I agree the kids in the area deserve the best education...that we can AFFORD to give them. : Sure, we COULD build a new taj-mahal school with all the classrooms, labs, auditoriums and sports facilities, or we COULD renovate all the schools to be "state of the art" facilities. : We COULD also hire even more teachers than we currently have. : What we COULD do and what we can AFFORD to do are completely separate issues. The peple of this area are not rich people. We do not have the tax base to go on a spending spree. What we need to do is whatever provides the kids with what they NEED, for the lowest possible cost. : People who do not have kids understand this the best. They don't feel they should face losing their homes just so that those who have kids can be happy with their school. : Something else many of the people don't realize is that if area taxpayers weren't being raped by property taxes, a lot more parents could afford to send their kids to college. : Look at the sherrif's sale pages, the people of this area just can't afford additional taxes. Many can't even afford the current taxes.

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