The Recent History Series
The Battle Cry
An Omen of Things to Come
An introduction to the Recent History series
The Master Plan – Not!
Lessons from 2001 & 2002
Renovations to the Landfill
Lessons from 2003
Lessons from 2004
Lessons from 2005
Lessons from 2006
Lessons from 2007
An introduction to recent history, 2001 to present –
The mishandling of the tax payers money
Hello folks, and welcome to
Recent History, Cleveland 101.
The next series of lessons I will be soon posting will cover 6 years of recent history, pointing out what I believe is fiscal mismanagement, educational failures, and broken promises of the Cleveland school system. Please draw your own conclusions.
Please make sure you study these lessons well. Your homework will be to review the stories by clicking on the links that will be provided throughout the upcoming lessons.
The reason for these lessons is that in the near future, the voters of Cleveland will be told that the school system needs more money. Prepare yourselves for the same rhetoric as before; especially promises of accountability. The usual smoke and mirrors will be used to make it sound like that it’s not an increase in taxes, just an extension. In reality, the money has been wasted from the 2001 bond issue, and this is really a new bond issue that begins where the other one leaves off.
The city will presumably spend monies to hire P.R. firms that will help in trying to convince the voters that it will be a good idea to vote for higher taxes. P.R. firms are needed because apparently the Cleveland school system cannot sell its cause on its own merits.
Here is a PR firm that has been used by the Cleveland school system.
Click Here
As in most classes, there will be a test. Some test details have already been announced by the school CEO. The test will be in the form of a single question with a choice of two answers. Taking the test will be optional but please understand that the outcome of the test will depend on the people who actually take it. There will be consequences when the test is graded. One consequence may be a large fee that some people will be forced to pay while others will remain exempt from paying anything. To make the outcome of the test more interesting, voters who do not study the recent past will be allowed to take the test anyway. Regardless of which answer is chosen the majority will decide the consequences that will be carried out in the end.
The lessons I will be posting deal with recent history that many have forgotten. In fact, the architects of the upcoming “test” are hoping that the citizens don’t remember.
A message to all of you property owners out there: voter apathy on your part can almost guarantee an extension or increase in your current taxes that will be used by city and school officials. To date, these officials have a poor track record of handling taxpayer money. The upcoming lessons will show this. Voter apathy is alive and well in fantasy land. It’s time to get the word out to the voters who stand to take another financial hit in their pocketbooks.
And a special message to the Cleveland teachers. I am surprised how the teacher’s union has supported past measures to raise the taxes of the property owners of Cleveland. I question why the teacher’s union seemingly turns a blind eye to the broken promises and lack of accountability by the Cleveland school system management. Are the Cleveland teachers unaware that the school management is letting them down by their past practice of breaking promises?
Instead of speaking out loudly against the poor handling of the 2001 bond money, another tax measure was pushed in 2004. It failed. Were the Cleveland teachers surprised that the 2004 levy was voted down? The silence of the Cleveland teacher’s union concerning the school system management’s broken promises of accountability is deafening.
The Cleveland teacher’s union does have power to hold its management accountable. If the voters decide to vote no on the upcoming tax bond issue because they have had enough, don’t blame the voters, blame yourselves for allowing your school management to be so irresponsible with taxpayer money.
But if some Cleveland teachers believe that the management has done a great job with the 2001 bond money, they are free to move into the city, pay property taxes and add a vote for the upcoming cause.
I will be posting links to stories written by Cleveland media sources. Some of the stories make a strong case that Cleveland’s city and education leaders have let the citizens of Cleveland down. The shock value of some of the material is absolutely mind boggling.
The mishandling of the tax payers money
Hello folks, and welcome to
Recent History, Cleveland 101.
The next series of lessons I will be soon posting will cover 6 years of recent history, pointing out what I believe is fiscal mismanagement, educational failures, and broken promises of the Cleveland school system. Please draw your own conclusions.
Please make sure you study these lessons well. Your homework will be to review the stories by clicking on the links that will be provided throughout the upcoming lessons.
The reason for these lessons is that in the near future, the voters of Cleveland will be told that the school system needs more money. Prepare yourselves for the same rhetoric as before; especially promises of accountability. The usual smoke and mirrors will be used to make it sound like that it’s not an increase in taxes, just an extension. In reality, the money has been wasted from the 2001 bond issue, and this is really a new bond issue that begins where the other one leaves off.
The city will presumably spend monies to hire P.R. firms that will help in trying to convince the voters that it will be a good idea to vote for higher taxes. P.R. firms are needed because apparently the Cleveland school system cannot sell its cause on its own merits.
Here is a PR firm that has been used by the Cleveland school system.
Click Here
As in most classes, there will be a test. Some test details have already been announced by the school CEO. The test will be in the form of a single question with a choice of two answers. Taking the test will be optional but please understand that the outcome of the test will depend on the people who actually take it. There will be consequences when the test is graded. One consequence may be a large fee that some people will be forced to pay while others will remain exempt from paying anything. To make the outcome of the test more interesting, voters who do not study the recent past will be allowed to take the test anyway. Regardless of which answer is chosen the majority will decide the consequences that will be carried out in the end.
The lessons I will be posting deal with recent history that many have forgotten. In fact, the architects of the upcoming “test” are hoping that the citizens don’t remember.
A message to all of you property owners out there: voter apathy on your part can almost guarantee an extension or increase in your current taxes that will be used by city and school officials. To date, these officials have a poor track record of handling taxpayer money. The upcoming lessons will show this. Voter apathy is alive and well in fantasy land. It’s time to get the word out to the voters who stand to take another financial hit in their pocketbooks.
And a special message to the Cleveland teachers. I am surprised how the teacher’s union has supported past measures to raise the taxes of the property owners of Cleveland. I question why the teacher’s union seemingly turns a blind eye to the broken promises and lack of accountability by the Cleveland school system management. Are the Cleveland teachers unaware that the school management is letting them down by their past practice of breaking promises?
Instead of speaking out loudly against the poor handling of the 2001 bond money, another tax measure was pushed in 2004. It failed. Were the Cleveland teachers surprised that the 2004 levy was voted down? The silence of the Cleveland teacher’s union concerning the school system management’s broken promises of accountability is deafening.
The Cleveland teacher’s union does have power to hold its management accountable. If the voters decide to vote no on the upcoming tax bond issue because they have had enough, don’t blame the voters, blame yourselves for allowing your school management to be so irresponsible with taxpayer money.
But if some Cleveland teachers believe that the management has done a great job with the 2001 bond money, they are free to move into the city, pay property taxes and add a vote for the upcoming cause.
I will be posting links to stories written by Cleveland media sources. Some of the stories make a strong case that Cleveland’s city and education leaders have let the citizens of Cleveland down. The shock value of some of the material is absolutely mind boggling.
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