Portland Legislators to School Comm: Raise Taxes!

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Portland Area Legislators To Portland School Committee and Others: Now that TABOR has Failed we Can Raise Taxes

Wed, 11/04/2009 - 11:05pm
Posted by Steven Scharf

So was the discussion at tonight’s school committee workshop with several Portland area legislators, Portland officials, South Portland City Manager and Superintendent and a few others. The meeting was essentially to update the legislators on the situation with Greater Portland area schools and how a “curtailment”* would be devastating to the schools.

* State Rep Anne Haskell noted that curtailment is an English word. But used in Government means something different. I thought all of the words being used tonight were English words.

I am going to do a running commentary on the remarks and questions of the meeting. Everyone at the meeting was given a bound copy of information on the Portland schools with divider separating most of the pages. I asked the Asst Super for a copy of the packet and she commented that there may not be enough. I noted my asking was not a question, but that I expected her to find me a copy. There were extra copies on the table, but I continually have to deal with this attitude of staff of not seeing the need to provide all meeting attendees with the materials that are provided to participants.

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