Milpitas Residents
Property Taxes going UP AGAIN
STOP IT
Vote NO on Measure E
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
look at the list of donors supporting Measure E
ReplyDelete"Donors include some of the school district's vendors, Grilli said, and those who stand to gain contracts if the bond passes. They include HMC Architects at $10,000 and Piper Jaffray, an investment banking and asset management firm, at $20,000."
source - http://www.mercurynews.com/milpitas/ci_20692770/school-bond-campaign-full-swing
How can people fall in this trap? Its like saying convinced that "Wall Street" is all about providing us with great retirement package.
Wake up. Vote No. Don't give your money to politicians? They will always cater to special interests.
I was approached by a Milpitas School's board member in my neighborhood and we discussed how the city's planning and other government departments were poorly run. The gentleman proceeded to explain how they [Milpitas schools] were separate from the City govt. – I don’t quite understand this. He mentioned they needed the money for general repairs like roofs and plumbing. In my mind I was thinking "is that really going to cost 95 million" for all the schools.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a builder but have done my fair share of projects and do know that many agencies are out there to exploit governments. Many contractors, engineers, and architects are pushing the same exorbitant costs to perform relatively basic labor and many folks are clueless to know the realities of construction. This should be simple for the city since they have their own inspectors but it doesn’t add up as such.
Since working for the County, I've heard that dealing with Milpitas City government is a fairly poor experience. This is not hearsay but directly from directors and program managers. Out of all the respective cities throughout the county, Milpitas has the worst reputation.
In one of the older Milpitas Post articles, I read one of the city's planning staff saying the city was smart to cater to builders and knew how to keep those relationships. I immediately thought, “that doesn't make sense because there are numerous builders but only very little buildable land around the precious valley – builders should be catering to the city”. Where did all the money from the new construction go? Why wasn't a new school built or some extra school tax levied for all these massive construction projects? Why didn’t the planning commission plan for this? Why isn't the city govt. working together with the schools? Why do we have real estate brokers on our planning commission with special interests? The "why" list goes on.