Comments about ‘Group pushes spending to bolster schools’

"We don't have a vote on the Legislature, but we can keep our money home," Pugmire said.

Actually, believe it or not, you do have a vote. If you can resist that very tempting "straight party vote" option.

just saying.

What the community should do is find ways to attract more construction of buildings and businesses that will pay property taxes since the majority of those revenues go to the local school district.

Interestingly, one of the biggest I've read about is the construction of wind farms -- in Milford and Spanish Fork, the wind projects were windfalls for the local school district via the large, new property tax revenue streams. Not sure if this could benefit Jordan -- any wind there? -- but it is projects like this that could help fund the school district!

The answer is generating more property taxes via new and improved real estate!

I don't live in the Jordan School District. But since I work there, I've been making a point of shopping businesses there, and there are an increasingly wide variety of businesses to choose from!

I applaud this plan. After not being allowed to vote on a matter vital to their kids and Community. This is a great response. I was going to the movies on Saturday. And instead of going to Jordan Commons we took our business to the West Side. The East Side mandated that the folks in the Jordan District have to face this mess. Well hit them in the pocketbook. It only makes sense!!

The comment concerning developing sources of support for schools like real estate are productive solutions for funding the schools, not dividing east side vs. west side.

People are mostly going to shop for convenience. For many years the southwest portion of the valley resisted commercial development. They now embrace it more fully now they know it is essential to a balanced source of funding for all aspects of government.

Actually, if sales are local, it attracts business and if more business comes in, they pay more property tax and THAT goes to the school.

It does need to include the whole west side though and not just South Jordan. West Valley has some great shops (and a Costco.) West Jordan has Jordan Landing and South Jordan has the district. Plenty of stuff to keep the locals close to home.

Of course all this planning by communities and interested groups is all for naught sometimes.

Murray City has planned for years with their own utility, fire, police and School District, yet the Legislature found it prudent to take from those well planned accomplishments by insisting Murray and other districts pay a portion of their funds (about a million dollars) into other districts.