Sentences with phrase «local tax dollars going»

That difference was the result of some $ 5,500 per student in local tax dollars going to district schools that charters such as Omega did not receive — all this in addition to money for facilities and other outlays that were also denied to Ohio charters.

Not exact matches

It makes no sense for children to go to bed hungry while we waste local tax dollars on a senseless program that puts food farther out of reach.

In a state with already high state and local taxes, fees and assessments on energy — with roughly 25 cents of every dollar paid for electric power in New York State going to pay government assessments — we believe it is simply counterproductive to continue to add new and increased energy costs on state ratepayers.

Government finance expert Robert Ward, deputy director of SUNY's Rockefeller School of Government, says going by Cuomo's statements so far, the property tax cap would apply to the total dollar amount a local government collects — not to the property tax rate that's applied to assessed values.

By law, every new dollar of state revenue must go to education aid, property tax relief, and assistance to local governments.

Committee member and board vice president Judy Conlin said she favors a Wisconsin Association of School Board proposal that would require property tax bills to include how much of their local dollars are going to voucher schools.

Are you going to let these criminals get away with aiding and abetting the theft of billions of dollars a year in your local property taxes?

As I have stated before, it is time for all Indiana public school systems to stand up and share with local taxpayers the real value of where their tax dollars should be going, and that is into INDIANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

Voters being asked to pass district levies for new school construction should also ask their elected officials why Idaho isn't taking advantage of federal dollars that help new schools launch without their local taxes going up.

On a local level, I'm appalled as a taxpayer that I have to see my tax dollars go to this cause (not directly, but in the police, clean up costs, ect).