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Is time to talk taxes?

Things aren’t looking good for teachers and other school employees. Legislators and county commissioners seem set on not raising taxes. If it means cuts of this magnitude should they rethink that stance?

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Posted by J. Brian Ewing on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 2:40 pm

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dcolin

June 3, 2009 - 6:29 pm EDT

Perhaps they could tap the Northern Boosters fund or ask Stan for help.

in the schools

June 5, 2009 - 8:34 am EDT

"The Hardest Jobs to Fill In America: If you're looking for work in any of these fields, you're in luck."

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107149/the-hardest-jobs-to-...

That's the Yahoo headline this morning reprinted from Forbes. The article is mostly about how Engineers are the hardest jobs to fill because of the decline in science/math. What I want to point out is that Teachers are number 4. Seriously, nationwide, teachers are the 4th hardest position to fill, the 4th most “in demand” profession according to over 2000 employers surveyed in January of 2009. Then what the heck is going on in GCS? Or NC in general for that matter?

GCSparent

June 9, 2009 - 1:46 pm EDT

Blatant mismanagement of funds...that's what's going on in GCS & NC. We funded the Easleys, DOT's mistakes, County Commissioner pet projects and countless other "non-essential projects for years and now teachers, students and residents of this wonderful state are paying for it.

When will it end? That's the better question. I'd rather pay higher taxes and ensure quality education for my children but having said that I would need a guarantee that's where the new tax dollars were going. Don't know a single politician that would guarantee that.

drewwes01

June 25, 2009 - 1:31 pm EDT

If people want the school system to receive more funding why don't they just write a check themselves? This is not illegal. Instead of calling for higher taxes on everybody, people need to take individual initiative to adopt and support a school themselves.

So if you don't want a teacher to get fired write the school a check. Give of yourself and not of everybody else.

EducationRe4m

July 9, 2009 - 3:52 pm EDT

In a Local News forum on WRAL, our "CEO of schools" today called his $265,000 salary "on par with the salaries earned by local school superintendents." In the previous section, he asserts that Governor Perdue supports this top-heavy bureaucracy. $265,000 is on par??? http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5528101/

What we need is less of this nonsense. Unfortunately, more taxes would mean throwing more money at the same bureaucrats who got us into this mess.