Texas school districts going for the jugular

[RB TexLa]

Texas school districts asking voters for tax hikes

06:30 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 9, 2008

By TERRENCE STUTZ / The Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN – Two years after the Legislature cut school property taxes by a third, more than 100 school districts – including several from North Texas – will try to persuade voters this fall to bump their tax rates back up.

And a majority of those districts have found a way to avoid a tax rate election on the same day as the Nov. 4 general election, improving their prospects for voter approval of higher property taxes. Most are holding elections in early October.

The 103 school districts – about one in 10 statewide – say they are being squeezed financially and have to increase taxes to meet basic expenses and give their teachers a pay raise. Among them are the Austin and Corpus Christi districts.
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Duncanville, which now has a tax rate of $1.04 per $100 valuation, is seeking an increase to the maximum rate currently allowed for operating expenses – $1.17. Most of the districts holding tax rate elections this fall are seeking the maximum.



http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/090908dntexschooltaxes.1b6b6c5.html

[seabeyond]

1. we have our lottery that is suppose to go into our school system. what happened to that? n/t

[LanternWaste]

3. The Ignorance Tax is playing each one of us for a fool

"As the Texas Lottery game the Texas Two Step appears to be going broke, some are concerned that may ultimately lead to dipping into school funds to pay the jackpots."

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/062007kvuetwostepflop-eh.1fc9f352.html

"Texas began sales of lottery tickets in 1992. At that time the state's revenues from the lottery went to the general revenue fund, and were not specifically dedicated towards public education."

http://www.house.state.tx.us/news/release.php?id=1018




The Ignorance Tax (i.e, the Lottery) is playing each one of us for a fool-- even those of us who perceive lottery purchases as nothing more than a fool's game.

:hi:

[seabeyond]

4. i hear ya dude. one of my minor annoyances but i didn't realize they

were going to start actually dipping into it. geeezus. not a fan of lottery. thanks for info

:hi:

[AnnaLouise]

2. trillions to bomb babies in iraq and shoot cruise missiles

trillions to bomb babies in iraq and shoot cruise missiles into
homes in afghanistan and to bail out big bank predatory lenders
on the backs of the poor.... add up

see pics of Palin's impaled below