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Bloomington, MN, socked with double levy!
With the local media incredulous that anyone at all might think of voting against a property tax levy that benefited schools, voters nevertheless have beaten back at least some of the record 90 local property tax initiative.
Voters in Bloomington, however, weren’t so fortunate. The district here had the gall to foist not one, but two huge increases on Bloomington voters, both of which passed by a mere couple-hundred votes each. Perhaps some voters were under drug treatment and thought they were selecting which new chemical abuses they want to sign up for; voting in favor of both referendum will rob them of as much income as a bad drug habit, at any rate.
The first initiative raises the per-pupil funding rate from $991.40 per pupil to $1,503.11 per pupil. That’s a $511.70 increase per pupil, or an over 53% increase. That little number will kick Bloomington taxpayers in the gonads beginning in 2009, even though the wording makes it sound like it won’t hit all at once. Don’t count on it, folks.
The second referendum isn’t even about kids or union contracts; it’s a chance for the district to hold taxpayers up to the tune of an additional $30 million over he next 10 years to pay for… computers and software. And probably wireless Internet and whatever other technological toys they can get away with.
Oh, and this isn’t about class size, folks; statewide enrollment is declining. Paying more for less, as well as diminishing results; it’s a wonderful thing, isn’t it?
