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Originally Posted by Heaven
Point one, there is never a justification for opting out of school spending because an area, street, family or whatever has "only x" students.
Point two, even if a new town were formed you'd STILL be a non-resident taxpayer.
Point three, Gilford didn't STEAL the tax money, it was approved by VOTERS.
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Heaven, My suggestion is not that the new town of Governor's Island not pay for the education of its residents. They indeed would but at a much lower cost. In fact I have proposed that a private fund be started that would pay 25% of a private education so that the island children would have choice.
You are correct that most of the property owners on Governors Island would still be non residents and thus not able to vote but we have seen many more people start to choose GI as their primary residence. I am one example of that. Currently we have about 100 registered voters on the island.
With regards to your last comment. Did I use the word STEAL? I have often complained about the budgets that are presented to the voters. Their is usually only one and it is higher than the last and the default budget is higher than the proposed one! I just have a real issue with the fact that Gilford is not more considerate of the large number of non resident tax payers in the town. The tax rate is simply too high.