The District Mature
Voters Association (DMVA) will meet
Thursday at 9:00 a.m. in the church basement to discuss its upcoming demand for
property tax modification. Based upon
the fact that members of the DMVA have no students in SAD44, the central
question will be whether to insist upon complete freedom from the school
assessment portion of the local property tax or simply demand a 50% reduction
in that portion of the bill to maintain some appearance of concern for the
community. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
If you’re unable to attend, please send your vote proxy with a friend.
Alternative School
Parents (ASP) will meet at the library at 7:00 p.m. Friday for tea and
biscuits. Our attorney will be present to help us formulate our warrant article
petition question freeing us from paying twice for education. Please bring all
of your friends who send their children to private or parochial schools. Home schooling parents are always
welcome. If you are unable to attend a Skype
session will be available; contact information is on our Facebook page.
The Second Home
Owners Group (SHOG) will meet Saturday morning at the meeting room at 10
for a break between runs to discuss our petition to change the tax funding
formula to reflect school tax assessment only for the weeks we actually occupy
our second homes. Since these are
generally school vacation weeks, we’ll be asking to reduce the final assessment
by 50% for those weeks. SHOG members who
have returned home to begin the spring boating season may call in on the
conference line at (207)555-3333, use group pin 782537.
Bachelors,
bachelorettes and DINKS (BBAD) will meet at the pub Saturday night. We’ll start in about 9 p.m. and expect the
discussion to ramp up until closing. Why
the hell should we be paying to send all those grubby kids to school? You created ‘em, you pay for ‘em, right? If
you can’t make it, that’s your loss!
Clearly, we would be aghast if any of these groups were to
form and begin demanding special treatment because their direct use of SAD44
services weren’t accurately reflected in their tax bills. We would remind them of their civic responsibilities
and shrug them off. Everyone wants a
special deal; no one should get one in civic matters.
If we were wise, we would move on and help ensure that our
district graduates students who are better prepared for the emerging world than
we are, who are healthy in mind and body, and who have a sense of
responsibility to the well-being of their communities.
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