[Rhodes22-list] Pagliacci and the Swing States

[Herb Parsons]

Each property owner's property falls within a certain school district.
That school district sets the tax rate (but raising it more than a
certain percentage in any given year can bring about a rollback election
on that tax increase). The board of trustees sets the rate, and
hires/fires the district school superintendent. They (the board) are
elected by the residents in that district.

Obviously, the board can't raise it extraordinarily high, or they'll
get it kicked back, AND get kicked out of office as well.

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
  1976 O'Day 25

S/V Reve de Papa
  1971 Coronado 35


>>> salm at mn.rr.com 11/1/2004 4:34:36 PM >>>
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Did I understand you right?  The school board in each district gets to
decide how much property tax money they will get?  Party or no party,
how do
they ever reach a decision?  In MN, if the district wants more money
than
they've been allocated by the state, they hold a local referendum to
increase property taxes and the voters decide. In the last 6 or 8
years,
most of the referenda have passed.  In Minneapolis, about half of our
property tax goes to education.  But of course the politicians
manipulate
the details every year.
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