At the City Informational meeting yesterday, a school district representative gave an informative presentation about impoverished kids in our community. I’ll warn you, the numbers are shocking and should be a wakeup call about taxes on food and utilities.
CLICK ON THE DECEMBER 15 INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND FAST FORWARD TO 27 MIN. IT LASTS TO ABOUT 55 MIN.
I really think this report should have been put out before the retail tax increase vote. While our city continues to blow money on historical windows and $750,000 pedestrian suspension bridges we have people in our community that can’t afford to buy food for their kids – food that is taxed so we can buy these WANTS.
The presenter even said one of the main reasons Dr. Homan doesn’t like to close schools on cold days is because school is the only place some of these kids get a warm breakfast. Pretty sad.
Greg Jamison even had the nerve to ask, “Thank you for the presentation, but what are we supposed to do with this information.”
Really Greg? You have to ask?
You should work on making cuts to our bloated CIP budget so we can reduce taxes for working families. That’s a start.