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Parcel tax raises issues of fairness
- 07-19-2010
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By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union-Tribune
The parcel tax has been held up by school districts in San Diego County and across the state as a last-ditch effort to gain more control over their finances and prevent potentially debilitating budget cuts. But those tax ballot measures that require a two-thirds majority to pass have raised concerns about growing inequities between the haves and the have-nots in California’s troubled public education system. This year, proposals to levy parcel taxes were placed on the ballot in 21 California school districts, with 16 passing. (more...)
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