Soon the voters of this district will have to make a very important decision regarding a $15 million-plus proposition. Ask yourself, do we need a $100,000 sound system? Can this district afford a half million dollar concession stand? Can we afford to build press boxes that cost more than the homes in which some of you live? Do you believe that this district is out of touch with reality when it comes to putting a budget together? All we hear is our taxes will only increase 10 to 20 dollars if we approve the expenditure. Is this the only increase the district will have or will we see another increase because of Boces? Or will we see another increase because of contract negotiations? Will Auburn's Superintendent and the Board tell us they will need to increase taxes because of increases in fuel and insurance? I'm sure they will, they do it every year. Will this be the only increase we taxpayers will be forced to swallow or will the city and the library and the county fol!
low suit?
In my humble opinion I believe that this project is way too expensive, we cannot afford the endless increases year after year with no end in sight. We can not afford to place the district even further in debt, right on the heels of last years proposition and the new Boces building. Auburn's Board of Education and its administrators does not even allow the taxpayers to catch their breath and pay off one proposition, before they place another one before us. I urge you to vote this proposition down send a message, enough is enough.
Jerry L Morgan Sr.
Auburn
In my humble opinion I believe that this project is way too expensive, we cannot afford the endless increases year after year with no end in sight. We can not afford to place the district even further in debt, right on the heels of last years proposition and the new Boces building. Auburn's Board of Education and its administrators does not even allow the taxpayers to catch their breath and pay off one proposition, before they place another one before us. I urge you to vote this proposition down send a message, enough is enough.
Jerry L Morgan Sr.
Auburn
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MISSEY1941 wrote on Feb 11, 2008 4:15 PM:
Are you willing to pay 3 to 4 million in 8 years to replace the turf? It will be more like $1000 per year added to the normal increase.If you are paying $2,500 now in school taxes, it will be $5,000 in 8 years, plus $1,000 for turf.
Add that to the ever increasing city and county tax and you are looking at $11,000 per year on a house assessed for $150,000.
We all know that the assessment will also increase, so the bill could be much higher.
Who can afford the increases?
A hundred here, a hundred there adds up to thousands, real quick.
Let's have a reality check and stop taxes by cutting down the budgets. "
tlb4 wrote on Feb 11, 2008 2:40 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Feb 10, 2008 2:48 PM:
Yikes wrote on Feb 10, 2008 2:06 PM:
Owners of a house assessed for $100,000 at full value with a senior STAR exemption would pay an estimated $8 more each year for the project. This would amount to an additional .67cents per month or .15 cents per week for our seniors. Does that number sound excessive?
My only point is that if district voters put this off, state funding may not be available in the future and it'll cost every district taxpayer a whole lot more at that time.
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Unknown... wrote on Feb 10, 2008 1:15 PM:
tlb777 wrote on Feb 10, 2008 12:22 PM:
Bill Balyszak wrote on Feb 10, 2008 11:01 AM:
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Hillbilly wrote on Feb 10, 2008 7:55 AM: