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May 20, 2008
        
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Electorate today considers budgets and board candidates One of the persistent fears in a democracy is that a minority elite will control decision-making, leading to policies that serve the particular or special interest over the general. And that, as the Framers knew, is the path to tyranny.... [read full story]                    

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Just Say 'No' on May 27

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What’s next for districts with defeated budget proposals?

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Just Say 'No' on May 27

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May 23, 2008
        

Referendum election will determine Wakefield, MA school budget In next Tuesday’s referendum election on the $27.4 million School Department budget, the only vote that make sense is a “No” vote. This conclusion has nothing to do with the value of education, the needs of the Wakefield School...

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Problems in N.B. are deeper than budget

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May 23, 2008
        

There was some very interesting reading on page 4 of the Sentinel (May 1 issue), maybe even frightening reading is a better description. When a former president of the Board of Education can stand up and say, "I think it's time the people who voted yes are listened to more than the people who...

                   
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BOE agrees to $1 million cut from N.B. budget

gmnews.com
May 23, 2008
        

NORTH BRUNSWICK - The Township Council and Board of Education have agreed to cut $1 million from the 2008- 2009 defeated school budget. However, residents think the reduction is a bit extreme. On April 15, the $80.9 million total operating budget was voted down by 51 votes, the fourth time in a...

                   

School superintendent issues budget warning

newsobserver.com
May 23, 2008
        

School superintendent issues budget warning By Mark Schultz, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL — Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Neil Pedersen warned of “serious program or position reductions” today if the Orange County Board of Commissioners cuts the county manager’s recommended funding...

Was there a budget or something?

tumeke.blogspot.com
May 22, 2008
        

"A desperate, cynical attempt just before the election" is how I've just heard John Key (on National Radio) describe Michael Cullen's budget tax cuts. Which made me smile. Because that is just simply untrue. The tax cut package - the lowering of the bottom rate and moving all the brackets out -...

                   

Listen up, voters: new way to approve school budgets begins now

villagesoup.com
May 22, 2008
        

By Lynda Clancy VillageSoup/Knox County Times Reporter (May 22): Maine is requiring a new process this year for citizens to vote on their school budgets, and it involves first getting out and attending special meetings, then voting on a budget referendum at the polls on Tuesday, June 10. At the...

                   

Budget cuts in works to avoid tax hike in Upper St. Clair

post-gazette.com
May 22, 2008
        

By Maria Sciullo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A promise of no tax increase in Upper St. Clair is the good news. The bad: Paring a preliminary school district budget is fraught with emotional land mines. Two versions of the preliminary budget were presented at the meeting Monday, one that allows for a...

County property tax hike likely

heraldextra.com
May 22, 2008
        

A property-tax increase for schools isn't set in stone yet, but it's probable for Utah County residents this year. Both Alpine and Provo School districts' boards of education met Tuesday and Wednesday respectively in work sessions to discuss the upcoming school district budgets that must be...

Galt school district's budget in good shape

sacbee.com
May 22, 2008
        

By Melissa Nix - mnix@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, May 22, 2008 Story appeared in ELK GROVE LAGUNA section, Page G2 The Galt Joint Union High School District is in good financial shape, having planned well in anticipation of the state budget crisis, officials said last week. "Our...

                   

N.Y. passes 92% of school budgets

democratandchronicle.com
May 22, 2008
        

Cara Matthews • Albany bureau • May 22, 2008 ALBANY — New York voters approved about 92.5 percent of school budgets Tuesday despite a troubled economy that has a lot of taxpayers on edge. The results were better than expected by the New York State United Teachers, a union with more than 600,000...

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