Action Alert: Let's Get This Done
From Washington's Paramount Duty:
Please call Sen. Braun's office at (360) 786-7638, and request that 1059 (levy cliff extension) be heard at the executive session today, rather than 5607 (Republican plan for McCleary).
"I'm calling to ask that Sen. Braun report 1059 out of committee today. It is premature to vote on 5607 when so many people have not had a chance to even read it yet, but 1059 has been well vetted and already passed by the House, and its passage is critical for our schools to plan for the future.
Please act on 1059 today and allow at least five days for 5607."
Please call Sen. Braun's office at (360) 786-7638, and request that 1059 (levy cliff extension) be heard at the executive session today, rather than 5607 (Republican plan for McCleary).
"I'm calling to ask that Sen. Braun report 1059 out of committee today. It is premature to vote on 5607 when so many people have not had a chance to even read it yet, but 1059 has been well vetted and already passed by the House, and its passage is critical for our schools to plan for the future.
Please act on 1059 today and allow at least five days for 5607."
Comments
Ross Hunter (now gone) and Reuven Carlyle have in the past been helpful in sharing specific impacts of McCleary plans on Seattle. Who has a way to get Reuven or a member of our current delegation to do some fast and public crunching on the Republican plan? This is incredibly critical for Seattle. The levy cliff will be small potatoes compared to what might come to pass without this analysis, and passing the Repub plan to avoid the levy cliff and McCleary court smackdown, only to find that Seattle is devastated by funding shrinking into perpetuity, has been my biggest nightmare for the past years I've been following the issue.
EdVoter
House Representative Gerry Pollet is introducing a bill for free college to which I say NO. The time to fund education is NOW.
Property taxes in S. King county are going up $500-$800 per house. Where are those dollars going?
"Algona property owners will see the largest percentage increase in the total dollars paid compared to the previous year. Normandy Park owners are likely going to pay the biggest dollar difference, where the average homeowner will pay $823 more than last year."
Yes, $823.00.
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/south-king-county-property-owners-will-see-big-increase-in-taxes/489670099
Soon Seattle will receive their property tax bill. Some Seattle property taxes are expected to rise 15%. Will these taxes be used to fund McCleary?? I doubt it.
Meanwhile, there is legislation to provide free community college. I am not of the belief that the legislature really wants to fund education.
" Some Seattle property taxes are expected to rise 15%. Will these taxes be used to fund McCleary??"
These taxes cannot legally be used to fund McCleary. The premise of McCleary is that the state must fund the schools. Local property taxes do not fulfill McCleary.
Those local taxes could fill the gap until McCleary kicks in.
Supposedly McCleary decision will see the state fully funding schools in 2018.
-- Dan Dempsey