Multiple building uses good for public
Wednesday May 7, 2008
In response to a recent letter, I want to clarify my comments from a News-Gazette article about the countywide sales tax and a school in Savoy. Our Savoy village board's discussion centered on using a Savoy school as a resource center for programs such as a satellite library, cooperative park districts, and other after-school activities. These are the possibilities about which I have been dreaming for many years. Anytime a school can serve multiple functions to bring communities together, it is an additional benefit worth exploring.
In regard to the proposed countywide tax, before I would support any sales tax, I need to see Unit 4's specific intentions for the increased revenue, especially real property tax relief.
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