OT - Union County School District Bond Issue

[Liverpooldawg]

This didn't pass with a vote 69% for the against. Dumb 17n voters.

God I hate our state, and this is why our State will always be 50 out of 50 when it comes to education. I am so glad that the voters in the 60s and 70s invested in our school districts across the state, because current voters have zero shits on investing for the future. Mostly because of how badly educated they are.

I guess their kids better get used to walking into the parking lot and entering a big series of shitty temporary trailers for class, and remember you dumbasses voted for it. They were asking for 18.5 million, not 200 million like DeSoto is doing. Have you guys ever been in one of those temporary classrooms. They 17n suck. Bad air quality, bad acoustics, bad HVAC, not to mention they don't meet the space requirements for a classroom space set by both the federal guidelines on classroom design nor the State's. There is a reason why classrooms have minimum dimensions.

18.5 million is nothing. It would have been about $600 bucks a year on the average home in Union County. Half that if they were homestead, which the vast majority are.

Your local taxes are the ones you feel, see, experience the effects of on a daily basis.

What would the % of that tax increase be? That seems like a pretty large increase % wise. I did see it would have also raised the price of car tags.

[Lord McBuckethead]

What would the % of that tax increase be? That seems like a pretty large increase % wise. I did see it would have also raised the price of car tags.

Their current millage is 44.75 for the school district. New Albany is at 85.
If their average property in the county is assessed at 140k, and the millage increase is 5 points for the bond, that is $700 before homestead.

[Liverpooldawg]

Their current millage is 44.75 for the school district. New Albany is at 85.
If their average property in the county is assessed at 140k, and the millage increase is 5 points for the bond, that is $700 before homestead.

They seemed to be talking actual bill for the average home, which is usually assed well below actual value, not the millage. A $600/$300 increase on the total bill would be a massive increase here for the average property. We aren't that different than Union County.