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I didn't say informing a voter was wasteful. If* the funding comes from
private sources, fine, as long as the information given is not propaganda.
I have no idea how long you have lived in this district but it is notorious
for waste. Where to start? First items that come to mind are the piles of
desks, etc that were thrown out on Broadway from the middle school. And I
really don't care if some people would rather we all forget that ever
happened, it did* happen and it was extremely wasteful.
I am told the new Middle School has round corners? How many thousands of
dollars did that add to the building? It seems the district has an easy
time spending the voter/taxpayer money.
oh, you wanted figures, not charges of waste. Well, I don't have those
figures in front of me and you probably knew that when you posted.
I am always amazed that those who are in favor of raising the property
taxes think the rest of us are against 'children'. It has nothing to do
with the 'children'. If you read my column in the daily news it more than
explains how I feel about the WAPS.
Linda Fort
btw, I think the PSEO program is fantastic.
[Winona Online Democracy]
On Nov 17, 2005, at 16:28, LindaF wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
the subject isn't really about books>>it's about waste(again).
Linda Fort
Linda, how is informing a voter waste?
If it is really about waste, please enlighten my ignorant existence rather
than retorting with an unsupported allegation that I and many others of
the community seem to reject continually.
I regard this as another moot point. Had the district not sent fliers
about the referendum accusations would have flown from the same groups
that the district was trying to sneak a referendum through.
Waste! That is all I hear! There is so much waste that is alleged. Show me
figures, not charges of waste. The only waste originates with perennial
nay-sayers and their seemingly random unsupported charges. The real waste
is of bandwidth, time, newsprint, and paper by those alleging waste
without ever seeming to support the charge.
There is so much waste alleged you would think the HS students were eating
with silver forks and gold trays or that the staff mails platinum plated
letters with hundred dollar bills enclosed, but this does not occur.
Instead, the district has shredded the curriculum to the point that there
is no compelling reason to leave an above average student in the district,
but to place the student in college through PSEO.
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David Dittmann
[Winona Online Democracy]
How many books could have been purchased with the money raised for the
new fitness center installed at the HS? What good does a fitness center
do after all? (I am being facetious.) Even though I have not benefited
from this facility, directly, but I benefit indirectly by the student
population being healthier.
How many books could have been purchased with the funding for the
referendum materials?
For both questions, the answer is Zero.
The donations for the fitness center and the referendum materials were
likely given with the condition or understanding that they be applied to
a specific area. If the school district wishes to maintain public
confidence it would be a good idea to respect the wishes of donors.
If I send a check to a charity for Pakistan Earthquake Relief and this
charity applies that money to Hurricane Rita Relief my wishes have been
ignored. Take a good guess how many more donations this charity is
receiving from me if that would happen.
The answer is Zero.
The amount of money spent campaigning would not have purchased very many
textbooks. A casual walk into the WSU or Southeast Tech Bookstore will
reveal the high price of text books. Furthermore, this conversation is
counter-productive and the energy should be better spent on ways to
elevate district enrollment levels and not bickering about insignificant
items like campaign materials and suffrage that seem so trivial that the
only logical comparison would be to an individual complaining about the
postage to mail an energy bill, but not the bill.
David Dittmann
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