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Conservative
Republican News for
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC
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GOP ENCOURAGE "NO" VOTE
ON CMS BONDS
"With
the change in state law since
the last bond package people can
express their vote of
"no
confidence" in the
CMS School Board by
voting "no" on the bonds
and allow the County Commission
to issue a more fiscally
responsible package this fall."
Video of School Board meeting
where the Democrats appealed to
keep busing our children. This
meeting provides a glimpse of
what is to come if the Democrats
keep control and their "RINO"
buddies win in certain GOP
districts. Click
Play to watch. Broadband
suggested.
MPEG4 - 128K Video Standard (low res)
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CMS At-Large School
Board Member Kay McGarry |
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CMS District 1
School Board Member
(& Candidate) Larry Gauvreau |
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CMS District 5
School Board Candidate
Ellen Loflin |
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CMS District 3 School
Board Candidate Jaye
Alexander |
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County Commissioner
Jim Puckett -
District 1 |
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County Commissioner
Dan Bishop - District 5 |
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County Commissioner
Bill James - District 6 |
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To add your name to the
list of "no" votes -
click here ! |
Democrats
originally wanted a $607.5
million bond versus the GOP
plan of $428 (CMS limited to $258
million for "growth").
In August, the Democrats reduced
this $607.5 million proposal to
$554 by cutting most of the
money for acquiring new suburban
school sites.
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Bond Type |
Original Proposal |
Democrat Plan |
GOP Plan |
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Land Bonds - CMS |
83 |
29 |
83 |
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CMS Construction |
427 |
427 |
254 |
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TOTAL CMS |
510 |
453 |
337 |
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Land Bonds - County
Projects |
17 |
17 |
17 |
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Land Bonds - Water
quality |
20 |
20 |
20 |
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Law Enforcement
(Sheriff) |
14 |
14 |
14 |
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CPCC |
47 |
47 |
40 |
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Total Ballot Package |
608 |
554 |
428 |
NOTE: Originally "Land Bonds"
proposal was $120 million and
included CMS Land acquisition
dollars for new schools (83 for
CMS + 17 for County + 20 for
Water Quality). The Democrats
reduced the bond package by
cutting most of the land
acquisition money for CMS
leaving little money to acquire
the 18 or so new Elementary,
Middle and High School sites
needed over the next few years.
The Democrats left in their
budget money to rebuilt and expand
empty inner-city schools that
are less than 1/2 full.
DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW,
VOTERS CAN VOTE "NO" ON THIS CMS
BOND AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION
CAN STILL ISSUED NEEDED SUBURBAN
SCHOOL MONEY BY ISSUING WHAT ARE
CALLED "COPS" (CERTIFICATE OF
PARTICIPATION BONDS).
THE GOP ARE ENCOURAGING A "NO"
Vote on
"CMS Bonds" of $427 million.
THE GOP ARE ENCOURAGING A "YES
VOTE ON THE SEPARATE "CPCC"
AND "LAW ENFORCEMENT" BONDS.
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QUOTES |
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I fully support the
proposal that was put
forth by the GOP
officials. I am very
out front about the need
for CMS to become
fiscally responsible
with the funds they
already have. The
public is oblivious
about the large number
of bond money still
available. The only
thing the new money will
do is send the CMS Board
on another irresponsible
spending spree, instead
of prioritizing what
they already have.-
Ellen Loflin (8-21-2005,
GOP Candidate for
District 5) |
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Unanswered Questions |
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CMS refuses to vote
to state an annual
limit for Capital
spending (they won't
commit themselves to
their own "numbers).
Two years ago it was
$100 million. Last
year it was $130
million. Today it is
$170 million per
year.
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CMS refuses to
re-prioritize money
in existing bonds
bowing to political
pressure from
Democrat special
interest groups.
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CMS continues to
spend money to build
(or re-build)
schools in locations
where few children
live. Example: Marie
G. Davis which was
"built" for 800
students and is
"supposed" to have
600 at-risk
inner-city children
but only has 425.
Whether at 70% of
capacity or at 50% -
this bond package
has approx. $18
million to re-build
this 1/2 empty
school. There are
numerous other
examples of newly
re-built schools 1/2
empty. CMS says it
is a "myth" but the
numbers don't lie.
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CMS continues to
underestimate
suburban needs. Of
the $427 million
proposed, only $177
million is spent on
schools 10 miles out
or more (most of
Districts 1 and 6).
The package is short
on growth.
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Effectively, the CMS
proposal is
extortion; forcing
suburban parents to
agree to pay for
excessive
renovations and
re-builds that are
unsound and unwise.
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The GOP plan is to
fund "growth"
through COPS for the
next year or so
until a new
Superintendent is
appointed that can
review the capital
plan.
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County Property
taxes increase from
$321 million to $697
million - 116.42%
over 11 years
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1995 |
2006 |
Change $ |
Change % |
Yearly
Ave |
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Adjusted |
(a) |
(b) |
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County
Property
Tax |
$
321,860,524
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$
696,555,751
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$
374,695,227
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116.42% |
10.58% |
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County
Sales
Tax |
$
72,832,732
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$
146,660,942
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$
73,828,210
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101.37% |
9.22% |
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County
Sales
tax for
CMS |
$
13,171,525
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$
21,700,000
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$
8,528,475
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64.75% |
5.89% |
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County
only
budget
(County
funds) |
$
412,812,127
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$
877,995,855
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$
465,183,728
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112.69% |
10.24% |
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Total
County
Budget
(all
funds) |
$
820,319,270
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$1,235,506,223
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$
415,186,953
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50.61% |
4.60% |
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Adjustment
Notes |
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(a): |
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FY 05
County
Property
Tax
includes
amount
allocated
to
Capital
Reserve |
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FY 05
County
Sales
Tax -
includes
amount
allocated
to the
Solid
Waste
Enterprise
Fund |
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County
only
budget
(County
funds) &
Total
County
Budget
(all
funds)
changed
from FY
05
Adopted
to FY 05
Amended |
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(b): |
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FY 06
amounts
changed
to
reflect
the
approved
budget. |
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SOURCE: MECKLENBURG
COUNTY GOVERNMENT |
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