Posted on 04/22/2005 7:43:24 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Lawmaker takes stand against millage election
By Christopher Nagy
DAILY PRESS & ARGUS
State Rep. Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, has already come out against the May 3 enhancement millage, but he is now coming out against the election itself.
Hune, who supported the election consolidation plan that reduced the number of elections in the state to four specific dates, eliminating the standard school election held each June, said school districts in Livingston County made a mistake by opting to hold their elections on the date in May provided under the consolidation.
The move cost districts money that could have been saved if schools opted to piggyback their elections with municipal elections in August or November.
"These are operational dollars that are coming right out of the classroom," Hune said.
He estimated that the May 3 election will cost districts in the county around $100,000.
"This is money being ripped from the hands of our children, in areas such as program development, decreasing class sizes and the purchase of textbooks," he said.
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