Taxes and the Wisconsin Association of School Boards

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Editorial:

The board voted to eliminate from the school district's 2006-'07 budget $7,000 for the association's membership dues. It is now the only school board of the 425 boards in Wisconsin that is not a member.

Part of the reason was financial: Like most boards throughout the state, New Berlin is trying to get a handle on expenses in tough financial times and is cutting extraneous items.

But part of the reason was political: According to board Vice President Matt Thomas, the final straw for him involved a column written by Ashley and published in Wisconsin School News that bloggers were ridiculing for comparing support for the Taxpayer Protection Amendment with 1930s Germany.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 17, 2006 6:29 AM
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