We have been informed by representatives of ICHE and CHOIS that tax credit legislation, including legislation that would benefit homeschoolers, will be introduced again in the Idaho legislature. Home School Legal Defense Association generally endorses tax credits because they involve taxpayers simply retaining a portion of their own money, which would not normally result in additional regulation.
As a homeschooler parent and a former member of HSLDA I'm in complete agreement with this stance on taxcuts to home educators. It isn't about the taxcut but the strings attached to the legislation which makes it dangerous.
I would've enjoyed tax breaks to help offset the cost of educating my children, since my tax money was being used in the government school system to educate children which weren't mine. I'm a staunch proponent on a parent's tax money following the student regardless of where they choose to allow their child to go to school at, this in essence would FORCE the government school system to privatize
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
and the walls come tumbling down
We have a journalist and a radio host which have seen fit to battle one another from a distance on many city issues. At stake this week is the John Q. Hammonds deal which will be laid to rest very soon by City Council.
Who builds on a piece of land which the city used "eminent domain" to appropiate from the owner for improvements to the downtown area.
Our journalist seems to have cast some light on a development deal gone bad and our radio host has taken the word of one of the bidders just at her word instead of doing any research on the issue or so it seems that way.
NO ONE is surprized at how our city cowtails to John Q. and his many under lying tenticles to the city of Springfield. I'm sure somewhere there is a move afoot to rename Springfield to Hammondsville in the future, but I digress.
Who really knows what is happening with these developement deals, all the taxpayers understand is that this city has a budget of 215 MIL including CU and the airport. The city is 90 MIL in debt and haven't funded pension plans to the tune of about 90 MIL as well. This makes our city 180 MIL in debt and the cost keep compiling as projects are going further in debt since they aren't producing the revenue that was promised.
Who builds on a piece of land which the city used "eminent domain" to appropiate from the owner for improvements to the downtown area.
Our journalist seems to have cast some light on a development deal gone bad and our radio host has taken the word of one of the bidders just at her word instead of doing any research on the issue or so it seems that way.
NO ONE is surprized at how our city cowtails to John Q. and his many under lying tenticles to the city of Springfield. I'm sure somewhere there is a move afoot to rename Springfield to Hammondsville in the future, but I digress.
Who really knows what is happening with these developement deals, all the taxpayers understand is that this city has a budget of 215 MIL including CU and the airport. The city is 90 MIL in debt and haven't funded pension plans to the tune of about 90 MIL as well. This makes our city 180 MIL in debt and the cost keep compiling as projects are going further in debt since they aren't producing the revenue that was promised.
Monday, October 15, 2007
walking to school in this day and age
you lived outside some mythical line which didn't allow you to ride the school bus to school. I can relate to this, way back in the late 60's early 70's I had a walk of about a mile and a half to school and not once did I arrive late or commit any type of crime on the way there.
While I did have some sidewalks along the way in some areas I actually had to walk on the front lawns of homeowners in the neighborhood(imagine that).
Yes there are more vehicles on the roads today, however as a young boy I faced the same dangers as many of toadys young people, but have we taken it to far??
In my travels in my business some times I follow school buses which stop at the end of every driveway to pick someone up no matter how close these driveways are to each other. I can remember in H/S walking about a half mile to the end of the street to catch the bus. This was basically a community stop since there were about 9 of us that were picked up and everyone of us lived at least a half mile or more away.
Have we become so protective that we can't let children out of our site even though the same problems exist now as they did 30 years ago?!
I applaud the efforts of those individuals which stepped up to help provide for this young girl, imagine they done this out of charity without the dictates of government forcing it.
While I did have some sidewalks along the way in some areas I actually had to walk on the front lawns of homeowners in the neighborhood(imagine that).
Yes there are more vehicles on the roads today, however as a young boy I faced the same dangers as many of toadys young people, but have we taken it to far??
In my travels in my business some times I follow school buses which stop at the end of every driveway to pick someone up no matter how close these driveways are to each other. I can remember in H/S walking about a half mile to the end of the street to catch the bus. This was basically a community stop since there were about 9 of us that were picked up and everyone of us lived at least a half mile or more away.
Have we become so protective that we can't let children out of our site even though the same problems exist now as they did 30 years ago?!
I applaud the efforts of those individuals which stepped up to help provide for this young girl, imagine they done this out of charity without the dictates of government forcing it.
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