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.
Thanks for the link l3wis. About the only time I’ve used this link in the past is to see how many tickets a month our robocop on 10th and Minnesota is handing out.
Intersting stats. Says that over 7,000 households in SF are making less than $15,000 a year. 701 homeless kids as of yesterday. In 1988, 14% of kids qualified for free meals. Today, 27% do. Chilling.
I’ve already made your link a favorite on my browser. Thanks again.
It is a scary outlook isn’t it? When I see our Mayor talk about our city doing just peachy with growth and raising taxes and I see over 40% of school kids getting free or reduced lunches, I ask Mr. Munson, What f’ing city is he living in? Obviously not the same one this School District representative lives in.
Real economic development is needed here, not just new cube farms full of phones.
But, but, but, what about the restaurant business? Meatpacking? Retail? Construction?
That is the problem.
Yup. All those jobs pay about the same, so there are relatively few people who can afford to see good shows, eat out regularly, shop at the nicer stores, or have things built. You can’t build a good economic base without decent wages for more people.
If you’re just getting by, you aren’t helping the economy grow. Unfortunately, a lot of people around here are satisfied with subsistance wages.
I just love it when you hear City Hall tell us how great of job they are doing, while 40% of our community’s children are starving on the weekends.
I guess starving kids don’t help build roads for new development, so they do not count.
I guess starving kids don’t help build roads for new development
They could if they’re old enough to hold a shovel.