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Oakland school board says yes to $20 million parcel tax measure on November ballot
- 07-30-2010
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By Angela Woodall/Oakland Tribune
Oakland school trustees gave the green light to a $20 million parcel tax aimed at boosting salaries for school district staff and teachers — the lowest paid in the Bay Area. Late Thursday, trustees voted 6-1 to put the tax measure on the Nov. 2 ballot. This is the wrong time to try to tax residents more during the recession and near-record unemployment, said Trustee Noel Gallo, who cast the lone no-vote. The board should wait for another year, he said. "It's not going to be an easy sell." Despite voting to move forward with the tax, support was less than enthusiastic among trustees. But rejection by the seven-member school board was unlikely from the start of the nearly three-hour meeting. (more...)
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