Our Red Star, my new name for the Arizona Daily Star, ran a scathing article in today’s Editorial section regarding the TUSD boards appetite for quality food. That’s quality food for board members, not students. The Red Star hits it right on the nose when it states that “People inclined to vote "no" on Proposition 100, the 1-cent-per-dollar temporary sales tax that will be on the ballot on May 18, can point to it as evidence that schools don't need a new source of money - and that our hard-earned dollars would just be wasted by school district bigwigs anyway.” And yes, that is exactly what those of us that oppose Prop 100 think..
It is apparent from reading this article that the top of the food chain will not put up with any further reductions to “their” budget. This mentality notwithstanding that Board member Bruce Burke, who brought forward the plan to cut the board's office staff from three full-time positions to two for the next fiscal year, put it in perspective: "We have a ratio of staff to board members that is literally three times or more any other district in the state.
It is hard to fault the board since they are only playing follow the leader; that being Pima County, which has a debt burden that is double that of all other Arizona counties combined!
I guess that the only way to get the message across is to “VOTE NO” ON PROP 100”
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