Friday, January 6, 2017

Make no mistake, taxes were raised for the Lincoln School project.



You can clearly see that Lodi received an unncesary tax increase in 2013, specifically for the Lincoln School project.


Here was a tax increase for the project:




Here is where your tax dollars were stashed away for the project:



Al Matrofilpo Jr was right to refer to this as "prepaid".  The Board increased taxes before hand and then tried to sell it as a project that didn't require a tax increase.


The Board had no right to take away your vote and circumvent the referendum process.  By circumventing the referendum process, Lodi became ineligible for grant money.


The project that was being rushed (now suspended) was being funded 100% with Lodi tax dollars.