Comments on: District 203 Alan Leis Says Referendum Will Likely Wait For Naperville Central H.S. And Other Improvements http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2006/11/28/district-203-alan-leis-says-referendum-will-likely-wait-for-naperville-central-hs-and-other-improvements/ Insight - Foresight - Hindsight Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:12:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hiram Wurf http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2006/11/28/district-203-alan-leis-says-referendum-will-likely-wait-for-naperville-central-hs-and-other-improvements/#comment-4203 Hiram Wurf Sat, 05 May 2007 12:08:33 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2006/11/28/district-203-alan-leis-says-referendum-will-likely-wait-for-naperville-central-hs-and-other-improvements/#comment-4203 Hi James - thanks for writing! There are certainly a number of issues here - but the basic tax issue to me is that the school funding formula relying heavily on property taxes is just plain bad. When you depend mostly on a bad system, it's hard to make good decisions. We need <a href="http://www.aplusillinois.org/aboutus/about.asp" rel="nofollow">school funding reform</a> - and that's been recognized since before Jim Edgar was governor. The truth is neither party in the state capitol has (yet) delivered it - and until we get it, we're going to continue to look at decisions we don't like going forward. Hi James - thanks for writing!

There are certainly a number of issues here - but the basic tax issue to me is that the school funding formula relying heavily on property taxes is just plain bad. When you depend mostly on a bad system, it’s hard to make good decisions. We need school funding reform - and that’s been recognized since before Jim Edgar was governor. The truth is neither party in the state capitol has (yet) delivered it - and until we get it, we’re going to continue to look at decisions we don’t like going forward.

]]> By: James Randle http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2006/11/28/district-203-alan-leis-says-referendum-will-likely-wait-for-naperville-central-hs-and-other-improvements/#comment-3695 James Randle Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:24:28 +0000 http://www.wurfwhile.com/blog/2006/11/28/district-203-alan-leis-says-referendum-will-likely-wait-for-naperville-central-hs-and-other-improvements/#comment-3695 These tax increases are crazy. Does the school district really think the taxpayers will go for this? These tax increases are crazy. Does the school district really think the taxpayers will go for this?

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