It is notable that the board can pass tax increases without public approval and the public has 50 days to get signatures to get a challenge to it on the ballot. Ass backwards in favor of the autocrats.
And with a coup de gras of incredible arrogance, the board is hiring a PR firm for over 1/2 million dollars of taxpayer monies to fight the taxpayers who object to the tax increase. That's government under liberals.
Schools haven’t been in session since mid-March. It seems that a good portion of the property taxes I paid, of which 75% was designated for schools, will not be needed this year. I’ve requested a refund for my over-payment. Unsurprisingly, I haven’t heard back from the Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education or the Franklin County Board of Education. The board traditionally increases the school tax rate every year by the maximum amount. Realistically, I expect no refund for this year and another tax increase for next year. The Franklin County Board of Education serves only as a rubber-stamp to the Superintendent.
that’s the entirety of NY State too, my FRiend.
Put on the ballot a motion to stop all teacher salaries if there are any Covid-19 shutdowns after June 1, and I guarantee you - they will all be pushing for reopening immediately - and will never hear of the disease again.
Agreed that hiring a PR firm was a waste of tax dollars, but what they are paying is nominal.
I’m at 2.85 per 100.
My siblings in NY are twice that, 16K a year.
Excellent schools though, so worth it for me.
Looking at the headline, I thought that the Collin County had revoked a tax credit to JCPenny since they filed bankruptcy. After all, the story is about JCPs tax.
but idiots just keep voting yes to every tax raise....
Typical leftist/Marxist approach to power. Let the virus kill the old and non-productive people, then tax the crap of what remains of the working class who have jobs, and probably tax those who are getting unemployment or who will have no jobs very soon.
Time to clean house, sane people of Kentucky and Louisville is a great place to start. Just think of yourselves as “voting RotoRotor People and Ex-Lax Distributors”.