<DIV>Andreas,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am not sure there is a difference between the way you explain it and my understanding of it. I just think you worded it a little different. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We did not vote on a levy that stated the proper amount of the entire bond in over 15 years. And the M&O levy has not passed three years in a row because MSD has not had three elections three years in a row that passed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Word games, or just honest bad communication? I don't know. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 7/17/07, Donovan Arnold <DONOVANJARNOLD2005@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>> Tom,<BR>><BR>> Your premise is incorrect. It was not the election 15 years ago that was<BR>> illegal, it was the
absence of one in the last 15 years. 15 years is a long<BR>> time to go without affirmation by the people. How many of those people that<BR>> voted for the bond in 1992 are still in the MSD? We don't know if 2/3 of the<BR>> people still support the current bond because it was so long ago that we<BR>> voted, and it was at a time when the student population in public schools<BR>> was much higher. 15 years is entirely too long to ignore taking a vote.<BR><BR>In Idaho, once a school M&O levy passes for three years in a row, it<BR>becomes permanent. However, because it becomes fixed at a certain<BR>dollar amount of funding, supplemental levies are required to make the<BR>levy keep pace with the price of inflation. The dispute, as I<BR>understand it, is not whether a permanent levy is legal (it is), but<BR>whether the wording of the ballot question provided sufficient<BR>explanation as to the amount of the levy (it did not include the<BR>amount of the
permanent levy).<BR><BR>I don't know what lawsuit *you're* talking about, but you're wrong.<BR><BR>-- ACS<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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