[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Forget 2008 Referendums

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Forget 2008 Referendums
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1204179646.shtml


   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.