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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 01:41 PM
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i still don't know how to vote on 4204
Edited on Tue Nov-06-07 01:43 PM by MrCoffee
i'm all for school funding, but the supermajority requirement makes sense to me for three reasons.

1) it encourages voter turnout (especially those voters with a direct interest in public schools, i.e. parents, and property owners)

2) it reflects the fact that not all property owners have kids in school

3) it maintains some level of parity between "propery-rich" school districts and "property-poor" ones.

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Suich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-06-07 04:05 PM
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1. fwiw, I voted no.
I'm a property owner with no kids in school.

:)
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:45 PM
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3. Yup, no sense helping out kids that aren't your own.
Can always go to Canada or Mexico for decent health care.












:sarcasm:
I'm a property owner with no kids in school and voted yes.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 02:24 AM
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4. LOL
Yeah, I haven't called 911 in a few years. Don't see any need to vote to fund that anymore either. ;)
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 12:19 PM
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5. I don't read books, always vote against library funding too.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 03:31 PM
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2. Well, I hope everyone who voted no won't be bitching about how we're 42nd in school funding.
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 03:33 PM by flamingyouth
And our class sizes are the 47th worst in the nation.
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