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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

West Bend School District Budget Proposal

This doesn’t looks good.

Neitzke said he will be recommending one cut – that school fees be reduced by about 50 percent

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Neitzke said he will also be proposing the district ask the community to approve the highest allowable tax levy at the district’s annual meeting on Sept. 24.

So let me get this straight… they’ll cut fees by 50% for the people who are direct beneficiaries of the district and compensate for that by taxing every taxpayer in the district to the maximum level possible? It sounds like Neitzke is taking a sheet from his predecessor’s book of budgeting.

I’ve asked for the budget proposal and will provide more detail when I receive it.

(3) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2238 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Owen - Ted is not taking a page out of the past play book.  If you look at history of fees in the district, under the past regime they exploded.  There was an addiction to money and a gathering in any possible way they could.  The attempt to reduce fees came at a request from me after speaking with several members in the community.  No one is saying that those that use the system shouldn’t be paying for it - but the fees that were being collected at an extraordinary amount were for general budget uses under the disguise of “paying for that program”. 

    Tim Stepanski
    West Bend School Board (for 3 more meetings)

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 22, 2012 at 0831 hrs


  2. @Sarah:  Read Rule #5:  http://wissup.blogspot.com/2009/08/now-noweverybody-breatheand-read.html

    Better yet, read them all.  Then return to the topic of the post, please.  I’m sure everyone is tired of hearing you rant about WISSUP.  I am.

    Posted by Ginny Maziarka on February 22, 2012 at 0926 hrs


  3. My bad.  Wrong post.  Oops.  Eh.  It’s all good.  Nothing that a little more coffee can’t fix.

    Posted by Ginny Maziarka on February 22, 2012 at 0927 hrs


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