Truth be said Dave Jennings and all other top payed employees will still keep their jobs I'd bet. --- Michael Hohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe threatening compensatory aid cuts is a > strategy to get DFL serious > about participating in these wider budget cuts. > Could it be they (DFL) are > stone walling for political purposes, figuring the > Gov will just do the job > and take the heat? Lets see some good faith > participation in rectifying > this fiscal dilemma by those on both sides of the > isle. > > Michael Hohmann > Linden Hills > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Terrell Brown > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:31 PM > > To: Minneapolis Issues List > > Cc: Margaret Kelliher; Scott Dibble > > Subject: [Mpls] Schools may lose some compensatory > aid this week > > > > > > The Governor and State Finance Commissioner talked > today about what > > they would need to do in the way of unallotment if > the Legislature > > doesn't act on the budget deficit by tomorrow. > Not paying some of the > > compensatory aid to school districts is on the > list. > > > > From an online Strib > > > storyhttp://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3635712.html > > > > we see this about Minneapolis: > > He specifically mentioned compensatory aid, which > provides more money > > to schools with a lot of poor students enrolled. > Minneapolis and St. > > Paul are by far the biggest recipients, but > Duluth, St. Cloud, > > Rochester, Willmar, Brainerd and Bemidji also get > sizable allowances. > > > > David Jennings, chief operating officer for the > Minneapolis school > > district, said approximately half of the > district's $68 million in > > compensatory aid for this school year has yet to > come in. Losing any of > > it would be "catastrophic," he said. > > > > "We would immediately have to begin laying people > off," Jennings said. > > .... > snip > > Terrell Brown > > Loring Park > > terrell at terrellbrown dot org > > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as > possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
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