Saturday, April 28, 2012

Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E


Milpitas Residents
Property Taxes going UP AGAIN
STOP IT
Vote NO on Measure E
June 5th 2012

It’s emotional blackmail

here is why

Milpitas school spending per student went up 47% since 1999
Milpitas school spending per student went up 15% since 2006.      
Still not enough

In the past Milpitas School Board amassed about $100 million.
Still not enough

Property Taxes raised by $84 per year in 2010.
Still not enough


Now they want to raise Property Tax again to Collect $95 Million
$400 for $800,000 homes
$300 for $600,000 homes
$200 for $400,000 homes

Making spending per student ~20% higher than year 2006 level.

They want to spend $95 million on LEAKY ROOFS.


School Reports – No Repairs Needed
 See reports provided by school Board -  https://www.musd.org/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1233497082840
But School Board Wants $95 Million Repairs ???
Can We Trust Them ???

WHAT HAPPENED to the $100 million already spent.
See the list given by school board  -  http://musd.ca.schoolloop.com/file/1331966844749/1224132362309/5404873198964640898.pdf
Decide yourself
Does this look like $100 million work? Do you feel like giving $95 million more?

THIS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH 
They will come again for more in the next election.

WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH.   -  NEVER

PROTECT YOUR MONEY AND SPEND ON KIDS BY YOURSELF

Vote NO on Measure E

When – June 5th 2012. Where - find your polling place - http://www.smartvoter.org/

Sources
http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/06/05/ca/scl/meas/E/
https://www.musd.org/
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/fd/ec/currentexpense.asp
For more info contact - milpitas.schools@gmail.com
Want to discuss - http://votenomeasuree.blogspot.com/
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Money will certainly go to fund salaries/raises. This measure says that money from measure will not to for salaries, but it will. Here is how it has been done in past and will be done this time as well. Money from this measure will replace money in general fund and replaced money will be used to raise salaries. on Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E

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here very interesting information Milpitas unified per pupil expense : source - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/fd/ec/currentexpense.asp 

Year           students spending/student 
2004-2005    9601         $6293 
2005-2006    9697         $6299 
2006-2007    9641         $7005 
2007-2008    9624         $7491 
2008-2009    9389         $7686 
2009-2010    9491         $7310 
2010-2011    9622         $7249 

rise in expense from 2004 to 2011 is more than 15%. school spending rose like crazy during 2005 - 2009 by 23%. current spending is still 15% more than 2005 yr. level. Number of students are pretty much the same.  Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E

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look at what happened in 2010 election - http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Milpitas_Unified_School_District_parcel_tax,_Measure_B_(June_2010) 

"In 2005 the school district claimed that a 'budget crisis' was looming and they needed a parcel tax. After that attempt failed, the district raised salaries 7 percent in one year, nearly 17 percent from 2005 to 2009. The superintendent's salary went from $154,110 in the 2004-05 school year to $207,104 today a 34 percent increase. These are not the signs of a school district that truly believed they were dealing with a budget crisis"  Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E

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here are some details from mercury news http://www.mercurynews.com/milpitas/ci_20072508 

Under the general obligation bond, if approved at the necessary 55 percent approval rate, the district will sell bonds on the bond market and property owners would then be taxed at a rate of $50 per $100,000 of assessed valuation to pay them off. The average Milpitas homeowner would pay about $183 per year for 25 years, based on the county assessor's estimated assessment value for a single-family home in Milpitas ($366, 838). This would be on top of the $35 per $100,000 in valuation property owners already pay for a 1996 bond.  Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E

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Look at http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/06/05/ca/scl/meas/E/ 

"Milpitas property owners (and renters through rent payments) are still paying for the last $65 million bond measure proposed by the elementary school district in 1998. In the past, California school districts have been able to obtain matching funds from the State, and the total amassed by the Milpitas District was about $100 million. The advocates of this measure should explain to voters precisely how that $100 million was spent and why another $95 million is needed now." Vote NO on Milpitas Measure E