http://burkeonboard.com/2008/10/turnip-with-no-blood-left-to-give/ Notes from a Farmington school board member Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:59:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://burkeonboard.com/2008/10/turnip-with-no-blood-left-to-give/comment-page-1/#comment-2 schoolboy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:16:28 +0000 http://burke4board.com/?p=543#comment-2 Barbara is correct. We are hurting out here. Our home values and retirement programs (most of don't get a pension, we have to rely on 401ks) are rapidly decreasing in value, yet government, including the school district, avoid cost-cutting and want to do things like offload the budget item for retiree benefits to a bond that we would all have to pay a higher property tax for. Barbara is correct. We are hurting out here. Our home values and retirement programs (most of don’t get a pension, we have to rely on 401ks) are rapidly decreasing in value, yet government, including the school district, avoid cost-cutting and want to do things like offload the budget item for retiree benefits to a bond that we would all have to pay a higher property tax for.

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