Vote for the Anthony Wayne School Levy
On Tuesday, March 4, 2008 we have an important issue to decide within the Anthony Wayne School District. We are faced with the decision on whether to support our schools with a 6.5 Mill operating levy. I am proud to announce that the newly formed Anthony Wayne Democratic Club unanimously endorsed the levy at its February 27, 2008 meeting.
I understand the arguments against the levy and certainly feel for those who are on a fixed income and are being hit hard with the rising cost of living, and who feel that they cannot absorb yet another tax.
I believe we must support our schools which are achieving an excellent rating on an annual basis. If you are tired of seeing your property taxes go up and want to see some action by our do-nothing legislature on this issue which has been on the horizon for over 10 years, I urge you to take the following action:
Please contact our representatives in state government and ask them to act on this issue of great importance. For those in the Anthony Wayne School District, the folks to contact are Mark Wagoner, our newly appointed State Senator for District 2 and Barbara Sears, our newly appointed state representative for District 46. Ask them to work toward a solution for school funding in Ohio. Remind them that it may take political courage to tackle this issue, and ask them to step aside if they won't work to be part of the solution.
Political courage is a quality that is in short supply in the 21st century, and we should demand that our representatives address this important issue THIS YEAR. It is simply inadequate to continually push this issue off into the future. Mr. Wagoner is attempting to establish himself as a leader in this area, and it is incumbent upon those who would be leaders to walk the walk instead of just talking the talk.
In short, until we can devise a better way to fund our schools, I believe we should support our local educators and our children and vote yes on this operating levy. Let's keep a good thing going in southwest Lucas County.
Thank you,
Mark Dansack
President, Anthony Wayne Democratic Club
posted by Mark @ 4:03 PM
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1 Comments:
It's unfortunate that you endorse something without fully understanding why there is a problem to begin with. Ask the School board President what he meant when he stated at the first public meeting on the levy that the board was to blame for the present fiscal crisis? Ask what happened to the $3M surplus tha the school had just a few years ago? Ask why total wages and benefits have gone from 87% 3 years ago to over 95% of the total budget today? Ask why did Dr. Grainger state the board paid too much for starting wages of newly hired teachers? Ask where did the Dana Corp tax money go? Ask Dr. Grainger how many more levies will there be to come that he mentioned will? Ask Dr. Grainger how many levies did he put up on the ballot of the school District he came from? Ask to review the ODE audits. I have and I have spoken to the auditors themselves. They were very clear - AW over estimated teachers and staff. AW remains over staffed. This is clearly obviously by spending over 95% of the annual budget on salaries and benefits. I am telling you how to vote. I am telling you that you should be better informed on the facts before throwing your vote around. Unless the facts don't mean anything to you. Good day
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