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Legislation on Jordan split fine-tuned
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Raise propertiy taxes, hurtfull splits, don't think they will stop.
We want all the assets as well.
West side is not dead yet, they are just down!
Fight to the end right!
This isn't about fairness. It never was. This is about a divorce cruel and simple where the one side wants it all even if that harms the other. This whole split is harmful and contentious, but it was exactly the thing the legislature wanted. Now let's all have our taxes raised and BE HAPPY, like the nice legislative woman told us to be.
If they want compensation from the West Side for the condition of their schools, then let them close a bunch of schools and fill the remaining schools to the same capacity as the West Side.
It's wrong to ask the remaining district, which had no vote in this matter, to pay (for example) to refurbish two traditional-schedule elementary schools with 500 kids each when our kids' schools have 1200+ students on year-round school out here.
If they want equality, then they'd have brand new schools with 1,000 kids minimum in them like we have. That would be easily funded by closing 1/2 the elementary schools over there, selling the land and using the proceeds to build a brand new school. Problem solved. Oh- wait, it's not about equality.
I wish I knew all our schools were brand new. That certainly isn't true for my kids and their old open-floor plan building.
They should live with their choice. They knew what the law said at the time of the split and they did it anyway. They chose the timing - they should be honorable enough to live with the rules in effect at that time.
If they wanted the law changed, they should have waited and had their legislators set the stage for them. They have some very senior legislators in their pocket - including the Speaker of the House. There's no excuse.
It's dishonest to change the rules after the game has already begun - particularly given that none of the other players got to choose the timing or the rules.
I wonder if Allen realizes that the west side also has 40 year old buildings and the the east side also has brand-new buildings?
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Those modifications should have been considered before the split.
It's interesting that Walker wants things equitable. I really could have used her telling the news media that things weren't equitable when I wasn't allowed to vote for the split.
I live on the 'East Side' but did not vote for the split. I knew it would not be cost effective- and I also knew that voting for it would be screwing over my grandkids, most of whom live on the West Side of the district.
I've lived here long enough to remember when we here in Sandy were desperately trying to get our own schools built to keep up with growth. We certainly weren't shy about expecting others to pony up for that!
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