The Sachse Sentinel (Sachse, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 14, 1990 Page: 4 of 16
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Page 4
TO THE
EDITOR
To the Editor,
I would like to address a
couple of statements Lydia
Greer used in her letter to the
editor appearing in the other
paper. Mrs. Greer quoted me
from an article that appeared
in the Dallas Morning News.
This article was rewritten a
few weeks later because of
several misquotes. I did say
that I hope we (the citizens of
Wylie) never have to see
another tax rollback again as
they are not good for the city,
What I meant was that roll-
backs divide our citizens,
friend against friend, family
against family and in many
cases the damage is forever.
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How can this be good for any
city?
I supported the city tax roll-
back and would again if I had
it to do over. Regardless of
what anyone says the city is
better off today than it would
have been with the $0.59 tax
rate. Mrs. Greer stated the
city laid off four police of-
ficers. There was only three
police officers let go, one
quit, and one week later the
city was advertising for a re-
placement for one of those
positions. None of the three
officers were offered their
jobs back. Mrs. Greer also
said four park employees
were laid off. This is wrong
as the city had no park em-
ployees in the first place. As
for the library, I was told the
director was going to be let
go anyway and the hours cut
only out of spite of the roll-
back passing. We all worked
in different ways to see that a
new director was hired and
the hours back to normal.
Many people worked as vol-
unteers,
As for the bond rating suf-
fering, the rollback was only a
minor part of that. The main
reason our bond rating was
being lowered was due to
deficient balance for three
years straight. This deficient
balance was created during
good years. Where would it
have gone if measures hadn't
been taken to correct the
problems?
Mrs. Greer, you also quoted
me as saying the only way to
pay for all the services and
repairs and the state man-
dated corrections (sewer and
land fill) is through taxes. I
did say that and first, let me
say we never increased any
taxes to restore any services
or employees; last, because
of the tax rollback, we have
increased the tax rate by
$.055 in two years. With
this $.055 tax increase we
have added two additional
policemen and one warrant
officer. I believe this is the
largest the Wylie Police Dep-
artment has ever been. We
also changed the hours for
our Police Department from
12 hour shifts to 8 hour shifts.
This reduces the liability
factor due to fatigue. We also
redid Birmingham Street in
concrete with curbs and
Ballard, Stone and Callie
Court were repaved in as-
phalt.
We purchased a rescue
boat (the old rescue boat was
unsafe) and an auxilary
vehicle for our volunteer fire
departement. This is only
part of what the citizens of
Wylie got for their $.055 tax
increase.
By the way, with the new
sales tax increase, the $.055
will decrease. It does take
taxes to pay for all of this.
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Brookshires, and other com-
panies such as these coming
into town, we hope more of
these burdens are taken off
the citizen's shoulders.
There are many problems
facing the city, many from the
past and some in the future.
But everyone knows we must
look to the future as there is
never any way to go back. It
is very important to the future
of Wylie that you keep res-
ponsible people on the
council working for you to see
that those taxes you have to
pay are spent wisely and that
you, the citizens of Wylie, get
your dollar's worth. Mrs.
Greer, I understand you live
outside Wylie city limits, so
these taxes don't affect you.
Remember always that you
get people to do what you
want, not by bullying them or
tricking them, but by under-
standing them.
Thank You,
Jim Swartz
City Ccuncil
Place 2
To the Editor:
The League of Woman
Voters of Plano/Collin County
believes more state dollars
are needed for public schools.
The issues in the current
special session of the Texas
Legislature are simple. Texas
needs good schools. Schools
cost money. The method of
raising that money should be
fair to taxpayers and the
result should be educated
competent graduates. The
Texas Supreme Court has
ruled that Texas' Current
system is not fair and has
.given the legislature until May
1, 1990 to design a new
school finance system, or
public schools will lose all
state funding the next school
year.
While the issue sounds
simple, evaluating proposals
and counter proposals is not.
A public school finance
system, based on state and
local contributions, should
provide adequate funds so
that all Texas school children
can receive a quality educa-
tion. State money should be
distributed to local districts on
a basis that takes into
account local tax effort,
available taxable wealth, and
student needs. Therefore the
state must put more money
into Texas public schools.
The $3800 average spend-
ing per student from combin-
ed state, local, and federal
sources lags behind the
national average of approxi-
mately $4500. Since 1984,
the Texas Legislature has
mandated many educational
reforms to improve Texas
schools but has shifted the
major responsibility for fund-
ing them from state to local
sources, where the ability and
the willingness to raise funds
from property taxes vary dra-
matically.
Property wealth in Texas
school districts ranges from a
low of about $20,000 per
child to a high of $4.5 million
per child. A property-rich
district like Piano can raise $1
million per penny of local tax
while the San Saba District
can raise only $15,000 per
penny of local tax.
Because of inequalities in
ability to raise money locally,
the solution to the school t
finance crisis must come from ^
the state. The question, then
is whether or not Texas can
equalize state funding for
public schools without spend-
ing more state money. The
League of Women Voters of
Texas says no. The League
has considered proposals for
doing this and finds problems
with each:
1. Redistricting current state
funding from wealthier to
poorer school districts simply
shuffles inadequate resources.
This isn't a "no new Taxes-
solution, either, because
many districts will be forced
to raise property taxes if they
want to maintain the same-
level of education.
2. Consolidating school
districts or creating county-
wide taxing districts top
equalize income within count-
ies could achieve some
savings and increase efficien-
cy in the case of extremely
small districts: however, this
alone is not a sufficient solu-
tion.
3. A "Robin Hood"
approach of "recapturing"
property tax revenues above
a specified amount in wealthy
districts and giving them to
poor districts seems politi-
cally unpalatable and may be
unconstitutional.
4. Limiting the amount any
school district can spend on
its own students can help
equalize spending amoung
districts and has been tried in
some states. However, it
often results in leveling down.
5. Vouchers or "educational
choice", are a popular
proposal but they really do
not address the problem of
funding equalization identified
by the Supreme Court. Most
large districts already offer
choices in the form of magnet
schools and programs which
encourage racial and eco-
nomic integration. The
League opposes simple
voucher programs because
we believe that the state
needs good public schools for
all Texas children, not excape
hatches for a lucky few. f
6. The state could find ™
more money for schools by
reducing other state expendi-
tures. However, many state
revenues are already commi-
tted for such expenditures as
highways, prisons, or
universities. Virtually the only
unrestricted spending goes
for other services for children
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