{"id":9334,"date":"2013-08-21T10:24:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=9334"},"modified":"2013-08-21T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:12:49","slug":"the-levy-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=9334","title":{"rendered":"The levy referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tribune’s Jana Hollingsworth worked overtime last night to carefully explain<\/a> how the District’s finances work vis a vis the proposed operational levies that will go before voters this November. <\/p>\n

We had emailed a few weeks earlier and I told her I should get together with her to better understand how the finances work. I think she may have felt a little worried that my obvious confusion was somehow tied to her coverage. Not so. My cluelessness is my own fault. I’ve spent too much time being a grandparent and working on long deferred home maintenance to delve as deeply as I needed to. <\/p>\n

I wondered if she was worried that I blamed her when she walked up and tried to walk me through the finance issues during last night’s meeting. I gave up after she explained that there were two $300 figures not just one. That confused me enough I knew I would need a break over coffee to make sense of it rather than a hasty clarification while the Board members were pontificating.<\/p>\n

I spent an hour typing up my own understanding of the finances last night until my mind went blank. I needed some more sleep but sadly my brain was too wired to give me much of that either. I’ll resume writing my explanation of the finances shortly and, as I wrote before, pass it on to others like Jana to see if I’ve got it right.<\/p>\n

Another person who stopped by to talk to me at the meeting was Tom Albright. He’s a stand-up supporter of the referendum and the son of former City Councilwoman Cynthia Albright. He gave me his pro-levy organization’s website URL and I plan to check it out soon. Its www.standupforkidsduluth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NOTE: that url didn’t work for me when I just tried to access it. I left a message with Tom just now to get the right URL. I also googled “stand up for kids duluth” and found a Facebook page<\/a> for this but it has a different URL <\/p>\n

I told him that I have voted for every levy and never opposed one and that I’ll be supporting this one. I did tell him that because of the School Board’s actions I could not in good conscience recommend voting for some recent operational referendums and kept my thoughts private. I look forward to meeting with him soon. I’m sure I’ll have some suggestions for him.<\/p>\n

Crikey! Its already 11AM. I just got a call from my brother in St. Louis and had a very pleasant conversation. He had my son over for dinner recently and could report on my son’s good fortune. But that takes a nibble out of my time.<\/p>\n

I still have to draw a Ninja turtle target for my grandson’s party- and finish that levy explanation – and maybe paint some windows – and then attend a NAACP meeting tonight although that conflicts with my Wednesday night grandparenting duties. No wonder I have had a heck of a time sitting down to figure out the levy stuff. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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