My wife is running for the Tulsa School Board

[Breadburner]

The ones going to Peary and Foster just started going there after the winter break, and I haven't even had a chance to go down and introduce myself, much less get an idea of how things are going there, but I'll keep you in mind once I get involved down there.


And yeah Thoreau has that funny French spelling that spellcheck doesn't even like.  If I wanted to learn how to spell like those surrender monkeys, I would have gone to school there lol.

It's named after an individual...Kinda hard to alter the spelling.....

[custosnox]

It's named after an individual...Kinda hard to alter the spelling.....

Yeah, I know, but I've got to come up with an excuse somewhere

[Vision 2025]

It appears that she has won her election.

Congratulations!

[TulsaSooner]

Your last name is America?

[TulsaSooner]

I am confused.

[RecycleMichael]

My wife decided to keep her last name when we married. Women seem to be doing that these days.

Her brother was in the Marines. He was Captain America.

[shadows]

Since your wife is on the school board she may be able to let you know how the passage of a multi-million school bond will not raise taxes.   Seems that a house I built in 1947 the taxes was around $20 dollars.  The house has sat vacant for the past 5 years.  After the no-increasing school taxes having been passed over the years, this years taxes was $532 dollars.

Those dilapidated school building are so much in need of repairs that they should be replaced after 50 years of use but the house after 63 years of deterioration has an assess value for tax purposes ten times the building cost.

Soft ware is available and very efficient that can be used in charter schools  instead of class room teachers.   But the bone crushing sports injuries, that are appearing to students after their 40th year causing many medical impairments are not available in charter school who more or less teach academics.

[RecycleMichael]

Since your wife is on the school board she may be able to let you know how the passage of a multi-million school bond will not raise taxes.   

Yes. Thank you for pointing out the fact that this YES vote will not increase your property tax.

Many more taxes have added to your property tax assessment since 1947. In 1936, the Tulsa County property millage was 5.386 for the County, 4.581 for the City, and 4.392 for schools.

Now we have millage rates higher than those for Tulsa City/County libraries, Tulsa City/County Health department, Tulsa Community College and Tulsa Technology Center. The tax rate after this passes on Tuesday your property taxes will still be lower for your house than other Tulsans. Millage rates for Tulsans living in the Tulsa Schools district will stay at 121.85. Tulsans living in the Union School district will pay 125.42 mills and Tulsans living in Jenks School district will pay 131.07 mills.

Based on what you said your vacant house was taxed last year it must be worth $51,000. That makes your property taxes about 40% of the average homeowner's property taxes in Tulsa.

[swake]

Since your wife is on the school board she may be able to let you know how the passage of a multi-million school bond will not raise taxes.   Seems that a house I built in 1947 the taxes was around $20 dollars.  The house has sat vacant for the past 5 years.  After the no-increasing school taxes having been passed over the years, this years taxes was $532 dollars.

Those dilapidated school building are so much in need of repairs that they should be replaced after 50 years of use but the house after 63 years of deterioration has an assess value for tax purposes ten times the building cost.

Soft ware is available and very efficient that can be used in charter schools  instead of class room teachers.   But the bone crushing sports injuries, that are appearing to students after their 40th year causing many medical impairments are not available in charter school who more or less teach academics.

When adjusted for inflation, your tax bill today in 1947 dollars would only be $55.32

http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/individual-year-conversion-factor-tables

[RecycleMichael]

I think your calculation is wrong.

$20 in 1947 would be $190.04 in 2009 dollars.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

[shadows]

Well I guess there are many ways to figure it.  The 51,000 figure  is about right.  I am trying to lease/purchase it for 10 years at $300 dollars a month in order to shed it.   

[shadows]

Reading the news of the burb school district private audit it bring out that the purchase of school supplies was conducted on a favoritism pricing by the vender costing that school thousands of taxpayers dollars.

Tomorrow the taxpayers of State's largest school district will vote on the largest school bond issue in the state.  Not wanting to be a nay-sayer but also it seems to be for filling the largest sink hole in the state all in the name of the children and technology.  I have five encyclopedias on five DVD's that take up a total space of 5x6x1 9/16 inches with a total cost of less than $20. Any subject can be called up and printed in seconds.  The add said the bond issue included purchasing books.  Wouldn't it save taxpayers money if the old system of books was updated to using DVD's?  Or is that to much technology for the children to learn a basic education with?

Is there any system of auditing the spending of the taxpayer's money or is it dumped on a desk in this monetary crisis with "there it is just spend it and we'll get you some more".

Then there was the "yes vote will not increase taxes."  But wouldn't a no vote reduce taxes?

 

[swake]

I think your calculation is wrong.

$20 in 1947 would be $190.04 in 2009 dollars.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

I did the opposite calculation, $532 in 1947 dollars. I wouldn't exactly trust a 63 year old memory of taxes paid so I went with the hard number and converted that.

[RecycleMichael]

Thanks for the explanation.

Math is probably an impossible thing to explain to him, since his learning is all on history from his encyclopedia DVDs.

[shadows]

Thanks for the explanation.

Math is probably an impossible thing to explain to him, since his learning is all on history from his encyclopedia DVDs.

The way that the figures are posted there is a question as whether both commenter's are employed in the FOP unions calculating department.  On a simple equation there seem to be a continuous ranting of figures. 

The editorial in the TW today indicates that the establishing of charter schools state wide could be an asset to children wanting to learn.  The legislation should be passed allowing the communities to establish them without the public school board approval.  Such would create competition in the development of the young minds.  Even some of the elder minds.

I do have a set of DVD's through calculus in case you have trouble with your math.