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Vote 'yes' on school tax is plea from Tuesday night speakers at Casey By Linda Waggener Linda@columbiamagazine.com Col. Wm. Casey Elementary was the site of a special called school board meeting Tuesday night to explore the proposed tax. The public forum was open to address questions and concerns on the proposed nickel tax. There were no dissenting comments made at the meeting. Speaking out in favor of the tax were: Joe Payne, Lloyd French, Alan Reed, Donald McKinney, Patty Jones, Jamie Moss, Marsha Walker, Mike Harris and Supt. Treece. Some of their comments follow: REV. JOE PAYNE: You and I must vote yes on this tax. Our children and grandchildren who are now, and will become, students in Adair County need this money for better and safer buildings. Go out from here and speak to your families and your friends and help them know that we need to vote yes on this small tax increase because it lets us qualify for the huge amounts available to us through the state and this is the only way we can get to that. We need to do this right now. LLOYD FRENCH: Ivy and I believe we have a good board and we should support them in this effort. What could be more important than our children and grandchildren? ALAN REED: I am in a unique posotion as a public school educator and also half owner of Adair Countys largest broadcast station, WHVE. We talk to business owners and people looking to move to this area on a regular basis and frankly Adair County is at an economic disadvantage. Since I moved here in 1977, I have been aware that new businesses wishing to locate here are looking for three things; 1) Recreation weve got it with the lakes on both sides of us; 2) Opportunities for trained workers with post-secondary education weve got it with CU, WKU and right here in Columbia with LWC which is absolute proof that if you build it, they will come; and 3) a competitive, attractive public education system. Compare us to any surrounding county and youll see that Adair is lacking. If we really want people moving in and bringing jobs to this area, we will vote yes on this tax. DONALD McKINNEY: My wife Bobbi and I are afraid that if we do not vote yes to this tax, that Adair County may be voting to accept mediocrity. Our kids deserve the same updated and new public education buildings as surrounding counties offer. Vote yes to this tax." PATTY JONES: Casey is an incredible school. Weve shown you photos tonight, and well be happy to have anyone visit the school and show them in person, some of the structural concerns we have, but Casey is an excellent school because of its teachers and students. The school, built in the 60s to house 400 students is packed with 600 students under seriously leaky roofs with too few plugs because back then todays technology needs werent known. Tonight, for instance, we had to make a choice, have music or run the power-point presentation for you, because our electrical capacity wont let us do both. The tax will remedy this because it will qualify us for millions in state and federal funds which are specific to building structures. This money cant be spent on salaries nor politics, it is going to go into keeping our childrens buildings updated and much more safe. For comparison, Kentucky residents contribute in tax dollars a little over $7,000 per student per year for their education, as opposed to contributing $17,000+ per prisoner to house to house and rehabilitate criminals. Shouldn't we work to put the most money on helping improve the odds for young children? Please. Please vote yes to the school tax on December 6th so that Col. Wm. Caseys structure can be brought up to match the great quality of our people inside it. The story of whether Adair County adds the nickel tax is one that already has been taken over by the public as shown in the comments at the link below, and the public will decide how the story ends. (We endeavor to keep the anonymous comments section open as a public forum on this website. The comments are the responsibility of the poster, and are neither edited nor changed. Please be fair in your usage of the service -- if you print another persons name, add your own signature). Click below to read poll and comments by public Click here to read original story introducing the tax from the School Boards perspective This story was posted on 2005-11-09 10:53:33
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