School board prez will still seek to cancel tax
Blog by Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
School board President Richard Barrera says he still wants to withdraw a proposed parcel tax meant to help San Diego Unified blunt the impact of state budget cuts, even though the city now will not ask voters to approve a sales tax. Barrera told us today that he proposed cancelling the tax because, among other things, fears that the school and city taxes would be on a collision course. But on Monday afternoon, City Council voted not to put its tax on the ballot. The end of the sales tax idea would seem to put an end to those worries. However, Barrera said he still believed the parcel tax wouldn't be able to succeed. (more...)