Comments on: I Support the $119M West Bend School Referendum… http://www.fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: michelle http://www.fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20608 michelle Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:15:22 +0000 http://fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20608 The current School Board is not the School Board that created the current problems, they are the board looking for a way to fix them. Also...West Bend has been "hosed" by the state of WI. We just do not get the $ we need to fund great school programing (What We Have) and take care of our aging school (What We Need To Do) at the same time. We need the $ that this referendum will collect to do both of these things, otherwise some hard decisions will need to be made by this school board that no one in thier right mind is going to like. The current School Board is not the School Board that created the current problems, they are the board looking for a way to fix them. Also…West Bend has been “hosed” by the state of WI. We just do not get the $ we need to fund great school programing (What We Have) and take care of our aging school (What We Need To Do) at the same time. We need the $ that this referendum will collect to do both of these things, otherwise some hard decisions will need to be made by this school board that no one in thier right mind is going to like.

]]> By: Fuzz http://www.fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20571 Fuzz Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:08:18 +0000 http://fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20571 I think that the school board pretty much hosed West Bend already. There should have been referendums to fix Badger and Silverbrook and all of those elementary schools before, but they didn't do that. Now West Bend is to a point where the entire district has outgrown the schools, and if they tackle everything all at once, they'll save more than if they were to redo the schools little by little over the next 10-20 years. $119M is weighty, but it's for an entire district, not just one school. I think that the school board pretty much hosed West Bend already. There should have been referendums to fix Badger and Silverbrook and all of those elementary schools before, but they didn’t do that. Now West Bend is to a point where the entire district has outgrown the schools, and if they tackle everything all at once, they’ll save more than if they were to redo the schools little by little over the next 10-20 years. $119M is weighty, but it’s for an entire district, not just one school.

]]> By: fred http://www.fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20570 fred Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:55:30 +0000 http://fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20570 As long as it isn't you huh Fuzzy? It ain't me either and I oppose. We have to stick up for other guy getting hosed Fuzz or it is all of us. As long as it isn’t you huh Fuzzy?

It ain’t me either and I oppose.

We have to stick up for other guy getting hosed Fuzz or it is all of us.

]]> By: JG http://www.fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20569 JG Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:55:27 +0000 http://fuzzmartin.com/2007/10/31/i-support-the-119m-west-bend-school-referendum/#comment-20569 The tax hike on this project would actually still keep West Bend a little less than the statewide average as far as how much they're being taxed. And in most cases, the taxes paid during the first year are cut in half in years two or three. From what I gathered, on average, it's $80 the first year (again on your average home) and then $40 the following and perhaps even less the following. But you're right on point with the folks allowing it to get this bad. It should NEVER get to this level anywhere, ever. Kudos. The tax hike on this project would actually still keep West Bend a little less than the statewide average as far as how much they’re being taxed. And in most cases, the taxes paid during the first year are cut in half in years two or three. From what I gathered, on average, it’s $80 the first year (again on your average home) and then $40 the following and perhaps even less the following.

But you’re right on point with the folks allowing it to get this bad. It should NEVER get to this level anywhere, ever.

Kudos.

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