I see that that Lehigh Valley education leaders are not in favor of losing the open checkbooks they have over the property owners of the state. They say changing the the way school districts are funded will hurt the poor. What about all the homeowners who never had any children, or elderly people who can't afford to stay in their homes because of increasing school property taxes?

Parkland School District Business Administrator John Vignone speaks during a press conference in which school officials opposed a legislative plan to eliminate the school property tax. Sara K. Satullo | For lehighvalleylive.com 

It's about time the poor people who keep having all the kids -- and get more tax breaks and assistance the more kids they have -- start paying some of the burden. Harrisburg legislators are the last people I want to give more tax revenue to handle, but homeowners need a break now.

Any school administrator who sent out letters with taxpayer money, asking the public to tell state representatives to vote against eliminating school property tax, should be terminated. Their huge salaries are a big part of the problem with the school system. It should be up to the taxpayers how much money a school spends on ball fields, pools and building upgrades that are done, not just a few on a school board. The open checkbook has to close once and for all.

John Kardelis
Bushkill Township

 

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