The General Court’s Joint Committee on Revenue, on its listening tour, hosts a session on taxes and municipal budgets at the UMass Dartmouth Advanced Technology Center in Fall River tomorrow from 6 to 8PM. A blog post from One Massachusetts about the Worcester event can be found here. At that meeting Massachusetts Municipal Association Director Mr. Beckwith ...
... noted that many towns are struggling with unfunded mandates — like the Quinn Bill, SPED and charter schools — that he says have become the equivalent of earmarks on communities property taxes.This meeting is your chance to have the ear of those on Beacon Hill regarding taxation in the state.
As I posted here last month, Massachusetts is ranked 38th in total taxation among the 50 states. The Commonwealth does not have adequate resources ...
... to maintain many of its traditional and some of its mandatory functions. The question is what to do. I would like to see an increase in income tax and a higher personal deduction for taxpayers. What are your thoughts? Will you attend the meeting and what will you say?
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After reading the Chronicle today I checked out the blog for the Dartmouth Disability Accessibility Commission. It had links to other blogs like Lara's campaign committee site and momofthree. I thought it was strange that this blog was not linked, especially since Phil Lenz's blog is linked here. What gives? It doesn't seem like the Roscoe, Stone, Olimpio clique wants to reach out to everyone, only those who want to get unlimited school spending from taxpayers without any questions being asked.
shut up!
Went to DDAC blogspot. Phil Lenz has posted "cushman academy crap again" stating that he toured the school and states it is hardly a palace. Mr. lenz has missed the point completely. It wasn't the size of the school, the condition of the building or the amenities. It was classrooms with only 13 or 14 students. Much smaller classrooms for these 1st and 2nd graders when we all know the first couple of years are the most important. While the rest of the town's student population was dealing with 20+ in the classroom, the Cushman kids received much more attention, support and help from staff due to the smaller class sizes. Please do not claim the inequity came from a more active PTO. That may have been a part of it but the real inequity began with less students in a classroom.
His blog isnt linked here. His website is but not his blog. He also doesnt allow anonymous posts.And if the first few years are so improtant why are we only now beginning Full Day K?
If there were less children that had to do with the district.And after looking at attendance figures online I do see the occasional class of 15-16 but more often there is 20+ in fact in the long range educational plan in 1998 It states the average attendance in Cushman was 21 per class. Except in 2007 attendance dropped to a total of 188 then it closed. Thats the district not the school. As to linking this blog to his, two words ---ask him
I already did. He was happy to. apparently all he needed was to be asked.
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