OPS Superintendent Logan took
time off work to testify against Opportunity Scholarships for poor children
trapped in public schools. She opposes
losing tax $$ that public schools actually will NOT lose. After 5 yrs., Logan is leaving OP$ worse than
before she arrived: teachers assaulted & stabbed, anarchy in the schools,
academic achievement & test scores in the dumpster. Thousands of kids optioning out to other districts. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com
to join our Education Watch Project.
The NE education lobby knows
no bounds for greed. The Gov. Pillen
plan offers school districts a Swiss Cheese lid, more state aid, & a $2.5
billion foundation slush fund from which to draw tax $$. Yet, school district reps from across the
state testified in opposition to LB 589, whining that the bill provides too few
$$ for teacher salaries & benefits, student population growth, & the
unexpected. Pigs at the trough
plundering taxpayers. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our Education
Watch Project.
No surprise there are teaching
vacancies across NE. Liberals want to
increase already generous teacher pay, but the problem is not salaries. The problem is mayhem caused by unruly
students, e.g., OPS teacher stabbed. Public
schools must expel constantly disruptive students, mandating that parents take
responsibility for their offspring.
Liberals whine that expelled students end up in trouble on the streets,
but students deserve a reasonable learning environment. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com
to join our Education Watch Project.
Image that! Omaha city officials neglected to inform
state senators about streetcar financing before announcing this worthless
project. Senators correctly worry about
TIF financing eroding the tax base for local taxing authorities and if city
taxpayers will be liable for funding the plan.
NE Taxpayers for Freedom suggests that the streetcar authority itself be
financially responsible if the proposed financing model collapses. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
City Watch Project.
OPS admits that 42% of its
students are chronically absent, the problem worse in its high schools. Such statistics adversely affect literacy,
social skills, & the future workforce.
Taxpayers who pay 56% of their property tax $$ to OPS definitely are not
getting our money’s worth. Hopefully,
the OPS school board will hire a better superintendent than the one exiting, to
end this truancy crisis. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
Education Watch Project.
Political praise to State
Sen. Steve Erdman for sponsoring a bill to urge the Tax Equalization Review
Comm. to speed up its decisions on property valuation challenges, or individuals
who appeal will see their valuation returned to its previous dollar amount
until the TERC reaches a decision.
Despite what taxing authorities say, the fiscal impact on their tax
levies will be minimal. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
Legislature Watch tax project.
The teacher’s union &
education lobby are both giddy at the millions of tax $$ bestowed on them by Gov.
Pillen’s education plan without demanding financial accountability about how
districts spend our tax $$. Accompanying
property tax spending lids are Swiss Cheese lids, easily transgressed by
liberal majority school boards & liberal activist petitioning. Wishful thinking that Charles W. Herbster was
our Governor now.
Of all the worthless programs
on which liberal state senators wish to spend our tax $$, the most hilarious is
LB 676, sponsored by Sen. Jen Day. Her
bill would appropriate $1.5 million of our tax $$ annually for the state
welfare dept. to establish a diaper distribution program through
nonprofits. Surprised that Diaper Queen Day
did not ask for another appropriation to dispose of dirty diapers. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com
to join our NE Taxpayers Legislature Watch Project.
Socialist Sen. Machaela
Cavanaugh is busy introducing more socialist legislation in the
Legislature. Under LB 99, free breakfasts & free lunches to all
NE public school students, regardless of family income. This bill is now in the Education Comm.,
awaiting a public hearing. Tax &
Spend Machaela must believe that taxpayers have bottomless bank accounts to
subsidize many more citizens. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
Legislature Watch Project.
Political praise to State
Sen. Merv Riepe for introducing LR 23CA: To eliminate the state
inheritance tax if approved by voters at an election. Inheritance taxes are double taxes, taxing
savings already taxed once. This tax
especially hurts NE farmers & ranchers, who sometimes cannot pass along
entire properties to heirs. Lobby your
state senator to help pass LR 23CA out of committee to the Unicameral
floor. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our
Legislature Watch Project.
