Last week, Little Miami Schools, a school district in my little slice of Redville, Ohio was in the news as a result of a fourth school levy going down in flames.
The Wall Street Journal did a piece on the district and the difficulties the district has in passing levies.
I won't go on about how we don't need to pass a levy to "support" our schools. That fashionably liberal concept of "I won't pay unless my neighbor does".
But I will offer this tip to Little Miami leadership, who spent all of about one day before announcing that they'd put another levy, with an increase, on May's ballot. Clue...... That one's going down in flames as well.
The School District has failed at passing a levy FOUR times and each time it comes back with an even larger levy.
What alternative universe are these people living in? People reject a levy and you think a larger one will be more likely to pass. You folks need to quit hitting that meth pipe.
The next levy will result in an increase of $1000 on a $200,000. Think about that. How many people in this economy have an extra grand laying around?
I talked to a number of seniors who live in the district and have determined that there is no chance of a levy passing in this district.
The Little Miami leadership has exhausted whatever confidence it has with the residents of the area. That's not going to come back with a cry for more.
Until you folks get that, I hope you enjoy the rejection because that's all you're going to get from this community.
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