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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am sure you recall the legislative special
session last year. The majority of legislators voted to remove the
permissive property tax that has traditionally gone to support schools.
(This is .3% of property value that supported schools without requiring a vote
of patrons.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To compensate for these funds, the sales tax was
raised form 5% to 6%. That money flows from the state to the school
districts. It was a trade-off, not an increase.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thus, the ads attributed to moscowlevy.com are
misleading. It is late in the day to discuss all issues raised, but I
think such last-minute ads with misleading information are
inexcusable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who is moscowlevy.com? Did the radio station
break any rules by failing to identify the individual who paid for the
ads? It turns out that these are "issue ads", rather than political
ads. They are therefore subject to different rules for publicly
identifying the sponsor of the ads. I submit that not only would honesty
compel a person to identify himself/herself, it would also be ridiculous to put
much stock into information coming from something like "moscowlevy.com" without
checking into the source.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anybody would like to check this out, you can
get information in black and white verifying that indeed Dale Courtney paid for
the ads coming from KRPL and associated stations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shirley Ringo</FONT></DIV>
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