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PUSD parcel tax proposal moves forward
- 01-14-2010
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By Brian Charles/Pasadena Star News
The Pasadena Unified School District board of education Tuesday inched closer to putting a parcel tax on the May ballot that could inject more than $7 million in annual revenue into school coffers for the next five years. With six board members in favor and one abstaining, the school board approved the annual tax to go to public hearing. The board will hold the public hearing on the parcel tax at its Jan. 26 meeting. After the public hearing, residents could be asked to vote by mail in May. A parcel tax of $120 on more than 59,000 properties in Pasadena, Sierra Madre and Altadena will raise more than $35 million over the next five years. Board members warned the parcel tax won't be a cure-all for the financially strapped district. (more...)
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