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re: Livingston Parish 1% tax for teacher raises fails to pass
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:16 am to ModernCajun
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:16 am to ModernCajun
I am not reading this whole thread, but look I think teachers should get a raise, but if it goes up for vote and the people vote against it then that's that.
Why didn't the school system, the teachers, etc work harder to get people to the polls?
Why didn't the school system, the teachers, etc work harder to get people to the polls?
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Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:28 am to OweO
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Why didn't the school system, the teachers, etc work harder to get people to the polls?
Their efforts backfired. Multiple coworkers with kids in the school district were getting robocalls about going to vote "Yes" for the 1% tax on a daily/weekly basis leading up to the ballot.
LPPS wanted an off-cycle ballot to put the measure on so that most people wouldn't vote and they hoped for a push of "Yes" votes.
In the 2022 election for US Senator/Representative, there were 43K votes tabbed in Livingston Parish, the ballot March 25th for this tax.... only 17K votes.
Their recent mismanagement of funds ($2M lost in a scam) and the already high taxes in the parish (9.45%-10.45%), pushed people to show up at the polls to vote "No" and that outweighed the "Yes" votes the school system expected to get them a "W".
Posted on 3/30/23 at 9:59 am to OweO
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Why didn't the school system, the teachers, etc work harder to get people to the polls?
the locals I know have no faith or trust in the school board to manage the taxpayer's money. Not an uncommon sentiment these days.
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