District 39 Taxpayers Should Have Their Own "Tea Party"

The recent and widespread "tea party" protests have given me the idea that the District 39 property tax payers should stage a tea party of their own.

And there couldn't be a group of taxpayers who have more right to doing such a protest. Property taxes in the District 39 area are OUTRAGEOUS!!! And insult is added to injury when you realize that it is being used to support an OUTDATED and INEFFICIENT school system. A school system that only serves to support the vanity and selfishness of a small clique of "willful" people--people who are either stuck in the world of fifty years ago, or are selfishly determined to have a "local" school for "their" kids. Regardless of the tremendous population changes that are steadily reducing the school age population to nothing.

I mean, for cryin' out loud! There were only FOURTEEN students graduated last year?

And now, with the sinking economy, how can it be further justified to support such a BURDENSOME and EXPENSIVE property tax bill for people who are struggling to make ends meet.

Dr. Ehlers' concise and devastating report CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED the SIGNIFICANT cost savings of school consolidation! I know the "school in Leigh at any cost" crowd was probably squirming in their seats when the report was read, but the conclusions were undeniable.

So let's have all the people in District 39 who are FED-UP with the unjustifiable and OUTRAGEOUS property taxes to support an outdated school system have their own "tea party"!