Two very different Prop A's
AISD asks for a very bad deal.
Well folks, it's the first day of early voting. I trust that the great majority you will not have voted by the time you read this, and if you have already, I'm sorry if this information would have led you to vote differently.
I don't typically cover the school district or the county, but there are times when I can't avoid commenting. Especially given how badly the rest of the media has dropped the ball in its coverage of both Travis County Prop A and AISD Prop A. At the very least I want you to understand what you're voting on.
Austin ISD Prop A –– a painful, perilous path
AISD is asking voters to approve a tax hike that will amount to an additional $412 per year for a homestead worth $453,000.
That's not the problem. The problem is that only $103 of that tax hike will actually go to Austin schools. Or rather, of the $171 million a year the tax will generate, AISD will only get $41 million of it.
Where will the rest go?
