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School Tax Cuts

Friday, April 13, 2012

Eye on Columbus

Governor's Budget Doesn't Address School Cuts

No plans to restore school budget cuts

Recently the governor unveiled the Mid-Biennium Review (MBR) which is fancy language for revisiting the two-year budget in its second year. As a member of Finance Committee, I have been listening to weeks of testimony about adjustments being proposed by the administration. I am very concerned about what is not in the proposed HB 487. First, the governor had promised that he would step forward this year with his proposed school funding formula. There is no mention of it in the bill. Also of concern is that there is no talk of restoration of the massive cuts made last year to K-12 education (over $1 billion), local governments (over $600 million), higher education and more. These cuts are leading to more local school levy issues, cuts in …

Victor Mooney

1:33 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012

Mr Bradley: The "Unions" and the "Black Guy"--[your terminology, not mine], will go down in history as the most destructive partnership in world history---the " Proof" which you seek is readily available . Get off Facebook and the match dating sites, and whatever you entertain yourself with---and inform yourself----stop gobbling the union regurgitation and find our for yourself---everything I …   more ›

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