Friday, November 18, 2005
District 300 Referendum in Big Trouble – Daily Herald Reporter Has Figured Out Tax Hike Misrepresentation
Only citizen--now Huntley School Board member--Larry Snow of Lake in the Hills figured out how the 55 cent tax hike referendum proposed by Huntley School District 158 last fall was being misrepresented.
The school board put a 55 cent tax hike on the ballot, but forgot to tell the folks in the subdivisions that, if passed, the referendum would allow the school board to hike its tax rates by 55 cents per year for each of the next five years until the new maximum tax rate approved by a bare majority vote was reached.
Here was this not-so-ordinary citizen Snow pointing out that the Emperor had no clothes.
Lots of people did not believe him.
How could he know more than the trusted school board members and district officials?
Well, it turns out that he did.
The reporters who underreported the magnitude of the Huntley school tax hike proposal now are a lot more knowledgeable.
Click here to read what Daily Herald reporter Jeffrey Gaunt says about the Dist. 300 proposal.
The school board put a 55 cent tax hike on the ballot, but forgot to tell the folks in the subdivisions that, if passed, the referendum would allow the school board to hike its tax rates by 55 cents per year for each of the next five years until the new maximum tax rate approved by a bare majority vote was reached.
Here was this not-so-ordinary citizen Snow pointing out that the Emperor had no clothes.
Lots of people did not believe him.
How could he know more than the trusted school board members and district officials?
Well, it turns out that he did.
The reporters who underreported the magnitude of the Huntley school tax hike proposal now are a lot more knowledgeable.
Click here to read what Daily Herald reporter Jeffrey Gaunt says about the Dist. 300 proposal.
Labels: District 300, Huntley School District 158, Larry Snow, Referendum
