Say NO to Susquehanna Valley School Request for $27.3 Million in Renovations
By Jim Willis on Oct 27, 2008 in Education, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | Printable Version
Here we go again with the continuing lie from our public schools, this time pedaled by the administration at the Susquehanna Valley School District (SV), that “the state” and other nebulous entities will pay almost all of the proposed $27.3 million price tag to renovate four school buildings. Read about it here: SV residents will vote on renovations for schools.
The lie is that “the state” will pay $22.5 million of the cost, and a program called Expanding Our Children’s Education and Learning (EXCEL) will pay $676,811 of the project. The taxpayers of SV supposedly will only pay the teeny tiny little bit left–$4.09 million.
There’s one problem with this fabrication. The taxpayers are the state! Do you realize that? Every public school district in New York does this! New York taxpayers are forced to pay some of the highest state income taxes in the country, in part so there’s a big pot of “community” money, and then school districts all compete to grab money out of that community pot. Some districts are better at it than others. The bottom line is, every penny of the proposed $27.3 million comes from New York State taxpayers. In essence, the taxpayers in SV will pay every penny of the proposed renovations.
Now, with that knowledge, does it make you stop and look at it in a different light, SV taxpayers? Are you ready to shell out not $4.09 million, but the entire $27.3 million? Do you REALLY need the renovations that are being requested? Especially at the beginning of a major recession?
If I lived in the SV district, my vote would be a resounding NO!
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