<DIV>Hansen wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Please explain how removing funds from the school district is going to benefit the K-12 students."<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Please explain why adding millions to the school District hasn't benefited the K-12 students?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Illustrate to us why breaking the law to get money from people is a great lesson for the kids?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tell me how getting paid to show up for classes helps students?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Show me how paying a teacher based on longevity of employment rather than merit and performance helps a child learn?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Explain how
paying the our Superintendent an ungodly salary helps kids learn?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Demonstrate how a school with half the funding as MSD gets better scores, such as St. Mary's?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Demonstrate how money spent putting up an electronic bulletin board to announce soccer practice is better for education than keeping lunch prices reasonable or lunch options healthy?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When you are able to answer those questions, I will be happy to explain to you how keeping property taxes low ultimately helps kids, and how raising taxes beyond the affordability of their owners hurts kids. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please explain how removing funds from the school district is going to benefit the K-12 students.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Failing that task, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City>, please provide examples of how public funds were misappropriated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Moscow</SPAN></FONT></st1:City><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">"I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."<BR><BR>- Donovan Arnold (July 11,
2005)</SPAN></FONT> <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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