Truth in taxation

Board member Art Johnston has been reviewing the rosy charts that the District has provided to assure Duluth voters that it has imposed taxes on its tax payers that place Duluth in the middle of the pack compared to other Minnesota school districts. But this chart that Art put together using Minnesota’s tax data shows that the District’s rosy picture is at best illusory.

It gets worse. Here is a chart showing how the relatively poor Duluth District compares in taxes raised by the Board without the agreement of voters in referendums.

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