tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post481678387436234507..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: This epitomizes what's wrong with ToledoMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-68167378844939277442010-02-14T21:26:30.745-05:002010-02-14T21:26:30.745-05:00Mr. Higgins,
To answer your question regarding wh...Mr. Higgins,<br /><br />To answer your question regarding what form of Mathematics? As a product of the Toledo Public Schools, I can tell you that it's "New Math" sir.<br /><br />Two things come to mind. Eighteen doesn't equal 30 or 70 without spending cuts. Secondly, should they actually get it passed, the tax further burdens income producing citizens the City needs. In doing so, it provides a not so subtle impetus for the taxpaying citizens to leave Toledo while leaving retirees and non-payers behind. <br /><br />By excluding all forms of income and only including earned income, I see it as a cynical attempt to get people who won't pay the tax to vote for it. Otherwise, if it was a school income tax that included all income including interest and dividends, it would have no chance.skeeter1107https://www.blogger.com/profile/15125467565568229281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-18559598913187004682010-02-14T20:08:50.963-05:002010-02-14T20:08:50.963-05:00Good points, all. Tim, remember the foresight over...Good points, all. Tim, remember the foresight over Sanders and Burns and the missing 600 grand? It's no wonder if they can't manage that sum of money, how can they be trusted to handle millions and millions more? Maggie, maybe the Blade should have asked the questions about what TPS will do with the money if the levy is passed? And you can count on TPS to make sure we vote "for the children" in their campaign. That old slogan always works on the suckers (oops, voters) in Toledo.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297697171485233059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-25281511720518907022010-02-14T18:24:42.537-05:002010-02-14T18:24:42.537-05:00Maggie,
I wondered at the lack of shock that TPS ...Maggie,<br /><br />I wondered at the lack of shock that TPS could so suddenly be $30 million in the red this year and potentially $70 million short for next year. <br /><br />Where was the management foresight to see the issue? How could the growth of this debt occur and grow so quickly without being noticed? And most importantly, how does a tax that is projected to raise $18 million a year close a $30 million gap this year, let alone a $70 million one next?<br /><br />This certainly appears to be a form of mathematics with which I am unfamiliar.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-47605728918790032652010-02-14T12:51:15.994-05:002010-02-14T12:51:15.994-05:00Could not agree more. What this speaks to is a lar...Could not agree more. What this speaks to is a larger issue of school funding in general. For years, the courts have repeatedly said the current method of funding schools is unconstitutional, and yet, the legislature and the citizenry have failed to produce the political will to do anything about it. Until that mentality changes, you're left with the school district to bully and threaten to get what it needs.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087043649251621840noreply@blogger.com