re: Livingston Parish 1% tax for teacher raises fails to pass

In my case, I pay about $40,000 each year in property taxes (about half goes to Houston Independent School District) AND I pay three private school tuitions on top of that because HISD is over crowded, poorly run, and misdirected. So I DO get my pants in a wad when someone wants MORE. Or says I'm not paying my fair share. Or adds another layer of B.S. bureaucracy each time they do get funds. That is not to say that I don't appreciate the efforts of our teachers, and the work that they do as individuals. The money is there,redirect expenditures. (look up the district on the Texas/Mexico border that had so much extra $$ they built a water park)

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