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| Colorado voters reject raising taxes to support education | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 3 2011, 03:26 AM (151 Views) | |
| Jim Miller | Nov 3 2011, 03:26 AM Post #1 |
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Is Colorado anti-education or anti-anymore taxes?LINK |
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| colo_crawdad | Nov 3 2011, 03:49 AM Post #2 |
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I think that what happened is that many Colorado voters recently voted for and passed a Constitutional Amendment requiring more money to be spent on education than was in this package. The legislature has ignored the Constitution and chosen to spend the money elsewhere. It may well be that that very distrust f the legislature caused the voters to reject this attempt. |
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| Mike | Nov 3 2011, 04:27 AM Post #3 |
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Are you saying Lowell and a jury nullification like mindset has set in among Coloradans? Here in my town, the district closed one grade school and assigned off the students to the four remaining schools. Background: Our school district encompasses Nye County, home to approximately 50,000 people yet rural in nature and one of the largest counties area-wise in the nation. Nearly 40,000 of the residents live here in Pahrump. So closing the school was big news. The district claimed that with the reduction in funding due to reduced value of property and the economy affecting sales tax revenues, that classroom size would approach 50 in the grade schools. After the dust settled, the average classroom size is 28 students, and the district has been able to work within the budget allowed. I bring this up because educating our children should be of highest concern and deed, yet the efficiency and waste issues that arise has made many citizens wary of what the leaders say or stake claim to. Bloated administrative staffing and wasteful spending in areas having little if anything to do with education were uncovered by the newspaper. What does this have to do with Colorado? I was wondering if the folks over there have become disenchanted with the way government is handling education of the children and thus the backlash against higher taxes. |
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| Jim Miller | Nov 3 2011, 04:59 AM Post #4 |
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I can understand that. Not much in government these days can be trusted. |
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| tomdrobin | Nov 3 2011, 06:10 AM Post #5 |
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Spending more money doesn't necessarily mean a better education. Probably more of a statement on taxes than education. |
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| Jim Miller | Nov 3 2011, 06:16 AM Post #6 |
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Perhaps there is a message in there. |
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