The Board was so eager to raise taxes without
answering to the public, they voted tonight (instead of Wednesday) to submit their
proposed budget to the County.
Link to Lodi Live’s broadcast of the meeting:
This was another deceitful act to shut out any public
input.
The budget isn’t responsible or fair.
The district was notified about its $2.1M in additional
State Aid on March 13th. Absent the additional State aid, the
budget would have resulted in a 7.5% tax increase. With the additional aid, the budget still raises
school taxes 2.08%.
If the Board is
raising taxes 2.08% while receiving $2.1M more in State Aid and taking the
$7.1M administration building out of the budget, what will the Board do next
year when they aren't so lucky?
This spending cannot be sustained. This Board is disengaged and reckless with
other people’s money.
