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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Correction due to my being a poor editor.
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>John</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I read with interest the MSD Facilities Planning Committee
Interim Report in the latest district newsletter. Under the heading of
“The problem”, the first sentence caught my eye. It read,
“For a variety of reasons, the district has been able to maintain but not
substantively update or add to its school facilities for several
decades.”</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I recall a levy election in the late 1980’s, (1989??)
that paid for substantial updates and expansions of school facilities, a bond
levy that I believe we are still paying for. While fifteen years may be a
long time to some, it hardly can be described as “several
decades”. Another tax increase of $400,000 in the mid 90’s
paid for adding and updating technology. Since this report was written
for the purpose of exaggeration, any and all claims must be viewed as such.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The report suggests that the committee has been active since
April, 2003. While the current reincarnation may have started in 2003,
such facility planning committees have been in place since the early
1990’s. The claimed facility needs are not new or recent, just
repeated over again by new members. It is time for the FPC to get past
the idea that there is no consensus and deal with the fact that there is no
support for a bond levy. The FPC would do the community and the district
a great service by establishing ways for the district to pay for the district
facility needs by <font color=black><span style='color:black'>using some of </span></font>the
8 million dollars in local property taxes we already<font color=black><span
style='color:black'> provide</span></font>.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Danahy</span></font></p>
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