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LAUSD parcel tax measure drive gets a slow start
- 05-03-2010
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
Just five weeks before the June 8 election, backers of a parcel tax to support Los Angeles Unified schools have only raised $100,000 and acknowledge they face a tough fight persuading voters to support the measure amid a weak economy. Measure E would raise the parcel tax by $100 per year and generate $92 million for LAUSD annually for the next four years. District and campaign officials concede their fundraising has fallen short of where they should be at this point in time, and they have yet to win the backing of the district's biggest union. They have also not sent out any mailers or launched an official website. By comparison, the campaign for Measure Q, the $7 billion LAUSD construction bond that voters approved in 2008, had raised about $260,000 by this point in the campaign and $1.4 million by the time of the vote. (more...)
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