"THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT" the who

Painesville will be facing a 4 mil school operating levy this November. We have been told drastic cuts in many programs from class size to sports even busing.

Lets evaluate this for a second this school year and until August of 2013 are funded at the present rate of compensation from the State of Ohio and local tax dollars.
Now lets first see what kind of funding the State of Ohio will give us for 2014/2015 before we sign on to another operating levy. At the time the state past it's last school funding bill Ohio was at over 10.4% unemployment presently the claim is it is down to 7.4% so we can assume Columbus has more cash in it's coffers this time around. When they look at Painesville's finances could they believe since Painesville passed a levy we don't need to send them as much money? I don't even know if they even think this way just something for you to think about.
Present view of our system shows many areas need improvement the scandal and student evaluations along with our dropout rate is nothing to right home about. Are we improving? I believe we are. As far as the scandal I don't know if we will ever see a conviction but at the same time every individual in authority that had knowledge of what transpired must be known to the public. The police report must be made public and if someone in authority kept things under cover I want the opportunity to ask them why? Will  passing the levy vindicate the school administration as well as the school board?
Nothing every changes if you don't make an attempt to get to the bottom of things and make corrections.

Even the signs don't seem to tell the truth  "For the Kids" it's an operating levy and being so the majority of the money will go to administrator's, teacher's and other related staff. Maybe to replace a school bus or two but the buildings should presently be in excellent shape. You have to ask yourself if the administration should be running a transportation, custodial company as well as a food service company? Voter's are the only ones who can answer that question. They should remember they do not operate in a vacuum but in the real world
How many in the private sector will be receiving 2% 3% annual raises in the next couple of year?.

How deep are Painesville's pockets? You as a voter must decide that if presently we are spending over $11,000 a school year on every student. The  question must be asked how much is enough?

This vote for the schools must also be weighed on if you can afford another tax increase or not. You better than anyone else knows if you can or can't afford another tax increase and your belief it will improve Painesville's student's educational results.

Road Levy
You have to ask where has the administration been as these roads 19 miles of them fell into disrepair? Buying riverfront property near Fairport Harbor? $250,000 in general fund dollars that could have been used on a road here or there.
My own thought on the road levy? Council members are getting tired of residents asking about conditions of our roads. If this road levy passes they can claim it will be a start and we will get to your street as soon as we can. The levy by the administrations number will only add to a little more than a half mile of road repair a year. On the other hand if it doesn't pass they can tell residents "We put a levy on the ballot but it was rejected by your friend and neighbors".  What can we do? 
We recently received a grant for $600,000  along with a city match of over $270,000 to repair two blocks of Main St. Is this money well spent? Look at what other communities ask for in grants for road repair. Anyone else spending $900,000 for two blocks.
Sorry until I see the city using taxed dollars properly I'll keep spending my money  on front end alignments, as well as tires. No way period on the road levy.

Metro Parks Sorry voted NO, but it some how passes every time a levy comes up.