At the last meeting of the West Covina Unified School District the board majority, (Jessica Shewmaker, George Fuller and Camie Poulos) voted to support a resolution to support “new revenue sources” to solve the state’s budget problem. The resolution itself contains no effort to streamline bureaucracy or cut out waste in the budget, the only specific solution was “new revenue sources”. In other words tax increases. One board member, who has a history of supporting tax increases claimed he wanted more federal monies, like more federal intervention through NCLB is the answer. Right.
Just so you know some of the tax increases under consideration include eliminating the home mortgage interest deduction, raising taxes on gas, sales tax etc….
While, the Governors budget is a mess and should be defeated or changed, the answer is putting more money in the classroom, not raising taxes on working people.
Tags: Camie Poulos, George Fuller, Jessica Shewmaker, Tax increase, West Covina Unified
