Whoa! The Maricopa County Community College District governing board will decide Tuesday whether to raise the property tax to help offset a steep decline in state aid. Not that MCCCD can't manage their own fiscal affairs, but who the heck in their right minds ever passed a law giving a community college board the authority to raise our property taxes?
John and Patti Latson, Mesa
Cerulean posted at 9:55 am on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
School districts primary funding is through a tax on property. You should know that our Republican legislators recently passed a voter approved tax hike that purportedly was first, for education and secondly for police on the streets. What actually happened is that the legislature cut spending for education and gave the Dept. of Corrections a $10 million budget increase.
Also, It should be noted that property taxes on business, those with the most valuable property, are lower now than at any time in the past 20 years.
Republican legislators have “crafted . . . plans to shift property taxes now paid by businesses onto the backs of homeowners.
But they say their constituents will understand.”
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_43a3b134-f430-11df-a94f-001cc4c002e0.html
What this means is that schools have no choice but to raise personal property tax in order to fund education.
[sad]
Dale Whiting posted at 9:55 am on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
John and Patti,
Been here long? Your elected representatives passed that law!
Leon Ceniceros posted at 10:06 am on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
No one would be complaining if it wasn't for the fact the the MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD ............is almost....almost...more ....LEFT-WING LIBERAL ...than the ...........TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD.....[sad]
Accuracy posted at 10:29 am on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is made up of 10 community colleges -- Chandler, Gilbert, Estrella Mountain, GateWay, Glendale, Mesa, paradise Valley, Phoenix, Rio Salado, Scottsdale, and South Mountain. The community colleges are funded in three ways: property taxes, tuition and state aid. The district governing board has the authority to raise property-tax revenues. The Maricopa County Assessor's Office then sets property-tax rates accordingly to raise the desired revenue amount.
MCCCD governing board votes tonight to raise the property tax levy by 3 percent, the amount of tax increase on a house assessed at $100000 would be $2.95 per year. Last year, the board considered and rejected a property-tax increase.
Dale Whiting posted at 10:34 am on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
So Leon,
You assert that the MCCB is Left-wing. But if they were Right-wing and voted to increase property taxes, "No one would be complaining!"
Cerulean and I are confused. As he so aptly explains, the MCCB has not choice. Please explain yourself. Your logic seems flawed once again.
Leon Ceniceros posted at 3:26 pm on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
HERE ARE SOME MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD MOTIONS STARTING BACK IN 1995 FOR 10YEARS UNTIL...2005.
1995 - Motion 8403 = Racial and Ethnic Diversity.
1996 - Motion 8559 = Hispanic Educational Telecommunications System
1996 - Motion 8574 = Hispanic Educational Leadership Institution
1997 - Motion 8682 = Hispanic Educational Leadership Institution
1998 - Motion 8775 = Hispanic Educational Leadership Institution
1999 - Motion 8903 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2000 - Motion 8945 = Lack of Hispanic Candidates for New Chancellor Discussion
2000 - Motion 8986 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2000 - Motion 8996 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2001 - Motion 9054 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2001 - Motion 9059 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2002 - Motion 9101 = Hispanic Nursing Fellowship Program
2002 - Motion 9126 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2002 - Motion 9134 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2003 - Motion 9190 = Hispanic Community Activists Demand a Hispanic Chancellor
2003 - Motion 9195 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2004 - Motion 9251 = Hispanic and Bi-Lingual Nursing Program
2004 - Motion 9270 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
2005 - Motion 9293 = Hispanic Serving Institutions Program
JUST A SMALL SEARCH OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD MEETINGS SHOW THAT THERE WERE 19...NINETEEN...MOTIONS FOR PROGRAMS BENEFITING THE ....HISPANIC COMMUNITY...THAT TAX-PAYER.....FOOTED THE BILL BENEFITING ....ONE SEGMENT OF THE MARICOPA COUNTY CITIZENS...........AND THE LIBERALS ARE WONDERING WHY THE HARD-WORKING TAX-PAYERS OF MARICOPA COUNTY ARE UPSET ABOUT SEEING THEIR TAXES HIKED ?????..[sad]
Dale Whiting posted at 8:46 am on Wed, Jun 15, 2011.
Ok, Leon,
You give us "some" but not "all." Are you prejudiced? And is the source of that prejudice partison?
sockratties posted at 9:08 am on Thu, Jun 16, 2011.
Once again leon resorts to name calling and cultural bias. He always is touting love it or leave it to everyone else. It’s time he followed his own advise and move as far away as he is off-point.
Well, leon, hope you enjoy your trip to wherever the grasses grow, the flowers bloom and everyone is a right wing WASP. Ta-ta.