Faster, better…

The Calvert County sample ballot for the 2008 election does not specify the political party affiliation for each candidate running for Calvert School Board. That seemed odd. I became more than a little concerned when I saw a Calvert County Education Association television commercial for three prospective Board Members running as a group – supporting one another. This kind if campaigning makes me nervous because I get the sense the group wants to maintain a power base rather than manage the school system with some sense of fiduciary responsibility to tax payers. In my opinion we have a tax and spend school board that anticipates annual increased spending. They anticipate spending property tax increases even before they have the money. The money was spent the year before heating oil prices skyrocketed and the local newspaper, in a front page story, wrote about the Boar’s lamentations that there wasn’t enough money to heat the schools.

We don’t need more of the same. Tax payers have their limits especially in poor economic times.

Despite the HUGE property tax increases in Calvert County parents are asked to spend more and more on their kids education. When I managed a retail store here in Calvert I visited with many parents and students looking to local business to support fund raising efforts to obtain what I considered support for legitimate school programs. All of this fund raising just seems odd to me.

Where is all of our tax money going? Where would slot revenue go and would it reduce my property taxes? Who is watching the Calvert County School Board. A Democrat candidate said, “as the federal and state budget deficits trickle down to the local level, the board needs to get creative in finding more revenue sources.” This translates to higher property taxes and more begging by parents and students. A Republican says, “”The thing that upsets me the most is that parents have to spend about an average of $50 dollars to supply their child, and others, and the classroom, and on top of that we’ve got schools which are trying to fund raise to build playgrounds at each school, which puts more pressure on the students and parents to provide more money.” (See NEWS8.NET.)

The two Republicans and one Independent running for Calvert County School Board are getting my vote.

Patrick E. Flaherty

Tracy H. McGuire

Matt Swanson

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