Charter weighs in on CPS levy
For what it's worth, the Charter Committee says CPS should hold off on another tax levy.
In a letter sent to board members this week, Charter president Michael Goldman said the party's endorsement of the schools' failed November levy had strings attached. And CPS has done little to reassure them.
Specifically, Goldman said Superintendent Rosa Blackwell's independent financial advisory panel was insufficiently independent.
Here's an excerpt:
"It is important that members of an advisory committee be comprised of people independent of the Cincinnati Public School administration, and include those who might be skeptical of school board or administration tax proposals. Only a truly independent committee can provide the community with the confidence that an appropriate financial strategy is recommended for the future of our schools. The committee appointed by the superintendent did not meet the criterion of independence."
Read the entire letter here.
The school board meets at 11:30 a.m. to make a decision on the levy. Through four meetings, the seven-member board has been unable to come to consensus on any one way forward. Charter's letter backs up the position of its endorsed board member, Rick Williams, who wants to wait until the November elections.
2 Comments:
Yawn. Like Charter influences anyone. They even realized they had to shop Roxanne to people who hadn't suffered under her prior tenure as opposed to building upon Charter's "base." They kicked Bates and Kaup to the curb, and Bortz still struggles to keep his electoral head above water.
Then there's that whole Smitherman thing. Yep, Charter's a real thought leader in Cincinnati politics.
Charter's primary effect on the city is to take away votes from Democrats, pure and simple. The Republican Party loves the fact of the Charter party.
Qualls' win had nothing to do with Charter. Neither did Bortz's, whose family's political history and big bucks got him elected.
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