[Speed Gibson,
Thursday February 28, 2008 at 1:25pm]
Forget 2008 Referendums
As you know, I support almost all Operating Levy referendums for public school districts. Their Boards should have the power anyway. That's why we elect them and we can turn them out if we don't like what's happening.
Earlier, I had thought that Robbinsdale (281) should consider trying again in 2008 to pass theirs. It would have been difficult in a Presidential year according to the statistics, but I thought the situation acute enough and now clear enough to carry the day. No longer.
The mortgage/foreclosure "crisis" will probably last the rest of the year. Gasoline could hit $4 a gallon we're told. The job market is soft, no question. If there was a chance, the Legislature grabbed what's left of our discretionary income to buy another toy train.
Superintendent Stan Mack was right all along. They should hang on, maybe even consider a reform or two, and wait until 2009.
Earlier, I had thought that Robbinsdale (281) should consider trying again in 2008 to pass theirs. It would have been difficult in a Presidential year according to the statistics, but I thought the situation acute enough and now clear enough to carry the day. No longer.
The mortgage/foreclosure "crisis" will probably last the rest of the year. Gasoline could hit $4 a gallon we're told. The job market is soft, no question. If there was a chance, the Legislature grabbed what's left of our discretionary income to buy another toy train.
Superintendent Stan Mack was right all along. They should hang on, maybe even consider a reform or two, and wait until 2009.