2012 conventions 2012 election 2013 session 2013 special election arts arts and culture author ballot measures basketball bomb books boy scouts budget bullying business charlie hales children clackamas climate change coal college courts crime culture culture club democrats drugs economy education environment family film fluoride food gay rights guns handguns health health care health insurance high school history housing immigration international internet kitzhaber law legislature lgbt literary arts living marijuana marriage media medicine mental health military minor parties mohamed mohamud movies music native americans news newspaper obama olympics oregon our town parenting pers photography police politcs politics port portland portland business journal president prevention public safety religion republicans rnc romney rural salem sam adams sandy hook schools science shooting sports suicide supreme court taxes technology television terrorism theater third parties transportation union university of oregon washington wildfire women

As with passing of measure 5, I saw my property taxes at first being reduced. But over the years I have seen my property taxes increase with inflated county assessments and passing of school bonds that we were promised would be paid by Salem equally among all state schools districts. 

So why is Multnomah school districts asking the homeowners yet again, to pass another bond for building repairs while the governor is asking Salem to pay rural school districts repairs out general funds?  Why do the Multnomah homeowners have to pay higher property taxes and then pay into the general fund while rural school districts won’t ask their own local communities to foot the school repair bills?

So now I would ask the one question that no one’s in Salem wants to talk about, the ever growing school population?   In the past we could offer free education to anyone born here, but can we keep doing this with a limited amount of resources available?  As it is, class sizes have grown to a point that makes it difficult for teachers to teach and students to learn as test scores have proven!



posted 2 years, 6 months ago
view in context