As staff writer Dwight R. Worley reported today, 53 of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam’s public school districts have proposed spending a combined $4.5 billion 2011-12, an increase of about 2 percent, according to new data from the state. Should voters approve all of those budgets, tax levies would rise by 2.6 percent to $3.6 billion, $90 million more than 2010-11.
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The status quo will not be tolerated. Obama talked about shared sacrifice, i dont see the public sector unions making sacrifices or sharing anything. We are overtaxed and our school board leaders are still “trying to feed the machine” in their respective districts. Gimics, tricks and downright begging is what the taxpayer are being subjected to. Schools are draining fund balances, putting off much needed repairs because the local polititians are bought and paid for by the teachers union who will not give anything back. It’s pathetic and not indicative of leadership qualities that are needed in order to bring the unions to heel. We do not have a revenue problem we have a spending problem.