Calling All Binghamtonians – Vote NO on Binghamton School Budget
By Jim Willis on May 4, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | Printable Version
There will be a meeting to fleece the public on Tuesday, May 6th at 7 pm at Columbus School–164 Hawley Street, 3rd Floor. The purpose of this fleecing? To justify raising your school taxes. THIS MUST STOP!
The Binghamton City School Board will put forward a budget with a “meager” 2.49 percent increase. Problem is, it goes up every year, and every year there are FEWER students attending Binghamton City Schools, and fewer taxpayers in Binghamton to pay for it because Mayor Matt Ryan and the Citizen Action Council (formerly known as the Binghamton City Council) are taxing the…stuffing…out of the fewer and fewer people who remain.
At a minimum, the budget should remain the same and not increase. Ideally (silly of me I know, I’m such an idealist), it should GO DOWN. But I would settle for remaining the same as last year, which was higher than the year before, which was higher than the year before that, which was higher….you get the idea.
When will this nonsense stop?!
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