Thursday, November 30, 2006
District 300 Tax Hikers Back on Internet
It’s not quite Mommas, lock up your babiestime, but you might want to button the back pocket where you keep your wallet , if you are a man.
The web site of District 300’s tax hike committee, Advance 300 is back on the web, according to an email sent to those who wish to be on its email list.
Want to get on the list?
Here’s the email address:
advance300yes@yahoo.comAnd, here's the email (boldface emphasis is in the original email):
Hello again from Advance 300!
Have no fear, a referendum is NOT near!Although Advance 300 became well known during our last school referendum, we are not simply a means to pass a referendum - or a group of tax supporters, as we were called last Spring.
We are, in fact, a group that is very interested in promoting high quality education in the District 300 area. We are getting ready to forge ahead and have established two goals for the coming year. These goals are:
1. To work for the passage of legislation which will make education funding in Illinois more equitable and take the burden of funding education off of property taxpayers.
2. To improve public education in general and more specifically within the District 300 area while encouraging the efficient use of the Districts limited financial resources.
We are independent of the school district, the various unions in the district, and other political groups. While we will work closely with those organizations on issues where we have similar goals, we feel it is very important that we remain an independent organization. We continue to represent the community!!!
We hope that you will support our efforts. We hope that you will read our emails, pass them to others within Illinois who are interested in promoting education in our state, and respond by contacting our elected officials when necessary.
If you know of anyone else who may be interested in this type of information, please forward our email to them, asking them to contact us if they are interested in being added to our email blast list.
Look for more blasts on important upcoming issues soon.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Advance 300
Tomorrow a commentary on the ability of the District 300 tax hikers to do a comparison of costs and benefits.
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Our kitten doesn't care that Advance 300 is back on the internet. And, it occurs to me that “We are District 300” is pretty much what the teachers’ spokesman said at the teacher-packed school board meeting. Only he said, “I am District 300.” If you decide to sign up for the emails, please send us future ones.
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Ah, yes, the "we have evolved" concept. We aren't just a tax increase referendum committee, etc., etc. I think I've heard that before.
So - hmmm - will they still be a registered political action committee or become a ?plain committee (or other entity?) - much as D158's tax increase PAC did after the 2004 referendum was passed?
So, if this continues to evolve, will it be an unofficial D300 public relations delivery system and a let's reform funding and do a (so-called) tax swap bill committee?
Many questions for the residents to think about with regard to this new delivery system.....
Who's backing it? Who's writing the comments? Who's verifying the accuracy? Who's deciding the slant of any information being distributed? Which other groups does it work really closely with - and do they involve the same group of folks that include CORE/CORE4Kids?Board Members and such?
Why does this need to exist at all if the District is scrupulously doing its job and tells the voters everything they need to know in a newsletter?
Some might consider this a way to make friends with the voters who are furious about the recent contracts - if it is, I respectfully suggest that sometimes residents should keep the word "friends" away from "business acquaintances" and "employees". It might clog the brain cells and interfere with making business decisions instead of friend decisions. I mean it is harder to say no to a friend than a casual acquaintance or a business contact or an employee.
So many questions and I've probably missed a few.
To me, it looks like the old address is now simply missing the word YES. However, it's possible many voters/residents are probably tired of seeing that word by now.
Any other info out there?
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So - hmmm - will they still be a registered political action committee or become a ?plain committee (or other entity?) - much as D158's tax increase PAC did after the 2004 referendum was passed?
So, if this continues to evolve, will it be an unofficial D300 public relations delivery system and a let's reform funding and do a (so-called) tax swap bill committee?
Many questions for the residents to think about with regard to this new delivery system.....
Who's backing it? Who's writing the comments? Who's verifying the accuracy? Who's deciding the slant of any information being distributed? Which other groups does it work really closely with - and do they involve the same group of folks that include CORE/CORE4Kids?Board Members and such?
Why does this need to exist at all if the District is scrupulously doing its job and tells the voters everything they need to know in a newsletter?
Some might consider this a way to make friends with the voters who are furious about the recent contracts - if it is, I respectfully suggest that sometimes residents should keep the word "friends" away from "business acquaintances" and "employees". It might clog the brain cells and interfere with making business decisions instead of friend decisions. I mean it is harder to say no to a friend than a casual acquaintance or a business contact or an employee.
So many questions and I've probably missed a few.
To me, it looks like the old address is now simply missing the word YES. However, it's possible many voters/residents are probably tired of seeing that word by now.
Any other info out there?
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