LET STATEWIDE TAX HELP SCHOOL BUDGET EQUITY.(PERSPECTIVE)

Byline: STEVE DICKERSON Rensselaerville

As we see many of our local schools having to make tough decisions about what to cut and what not to buy, I ask you all, why are our schools so susceptible to these problems? I feel the answer is simple. Much of each school's budget is based on its local property tax revenues (as well as state funding).

Well, guess what? Some locales have lots of money (from large businesses in the area), and some locales have not much money (no business in the area). So, just because you happen to live in a less commercially developed area, does that mean your …