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It's 52 or less

By Stan Milam ( Contact )   August 22, 2009

The Preamble to the United States Constitution contains 52 words. My blogs, all which fall far short of the wisdom made up by those 52 words, will not exceed that length.
Short and maybe not so sweet.
KISS


What's more important - the current level of educational instruction and student opportunities in public schools or no property tax increases? We are being told budget cuts alone cannot meet demands for a property tax freeze and no reduction in services. In other words, we can't have both.

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biggirl
Apr 21, 2010 at 4:20 p.m.
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False dichotomy. Trim the bloated bureaucracy, especially of non-teaching staff.

gabbyhayes
Feb 8, 2010 at 6:44 a.m.
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It would be thoughtless for the school system to increase property taxes right now in Janesville. There are literally hundreds of homes for sale, and many are the result of unemployment.
The Administration and Board should be reexamining their main mission and directing the resources they have available to that goal. Unfortunately, this does mean that every program needs to justify how it meets the main mission. Was glad to see that the Board is looking at zero based budgeting.

Mouse
Jan 27, 2010 at 4:11 p.m.
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Greedy politicians?
Improved Education?
The money from property taxes should be monitored for it's true intentions.
School systems should not be run by local board members who have little or no experience on education. These people spend or cut without true Knowledge or good reasons. Put people with degrees in the field of education on the school boards.
One question will you be able to sell your house for its assessed market value.
Cut the waste and stop lining political pockets from either side.
These are your homes and your kids.

woody
Nov 21, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.
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If you double the bad teachers wage, you still have a bad teacher, making twice as much now. Money doesn't make the person.

selfempl
Aug 25, 2009 at 8:11 p.m.
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Better not start the Barrack Obama way of doing things. Spending more money before paying off the first $70 Million in recent completed school renovations.

selfempl
Aug 25, 2009 at 8:08 p.m.
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Maybe they should use some of the 20 Million they were gonna use to get GM back. Of course without passing the cost on to the tax payers seeing as they never asked us our opinion before that offered it.

wjbecky
Aug 22, 2009 at 9:35 a.m.
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and why is education more important than heath care?

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