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By: vdanr on 3/13/09
Okay, maybe I'm missing something. I admit, I didn't read this whole article because frankly I'm kind of tired of the school board and the county commission making bad decisions. My question is this, where is the money going that we have to spend on the wheel tax when we register our vehicles. If there is someone in city/county govt that reads these blogs, please answer this question. I guess I will have to attend the next city/council meeting to get an answer. I have always thought the wheel tax was first instituted to help with some type of repairs or addition to Riverdale and Oakland. Well, we all know how old those schools are and we are still paying the wheel tax.
I am confused about this whole process.
Okay, maybe I'm missing something. I admit, I didn't read this whole article because frankly I'm kind of tired of the school board and the county commission making bad decisions. My question is this, where is the money going that we have to spend on the wheel tax when we register our vehicles. If there is someone in city/county govt that reads these blogs, please answer this question. I guess I will have to attend the next city/council meeting to get an answer. I have always thought the wheel tax was first instituted to help with some type of repairs or addition to Riverdale and Oakland. Well, we all know how old those schools are and we are still paying the wheel tax.
I am confused about this whole process.
By: Macgyver on 3/13/09
Its about time, they got one right for a change! With so much uncertainty why add to the debt and build more schools. They've already got the land for the Dejarrnette lane school which cost $45,000 an acre. Doesn't that make that some of the most expensive land in town? I wonder what our "boardwalk and park place" valued land is worth? Anyone know?
Its about time, they got one right for a change! With so much uncertainty why add to the debt and build more schools. They've already got the land for the Dejarrnette lane school which cost $45,000 an acre. Doesn't that make that some of the most expensive land in town? I wonder what our "boardwalk and park place" valued land is worth? Anyone know?
By: diddlede on 3/13/09
Vdanr, the question as to where the Wheel Tax is going has been asked many, many times. No one seems to want to tell the taxpayer exactly where it is being used. Remember I am not an authority on this, but it looks like the Wheel Tax is being used for other things and not schools. Believe it is being treated as a General Fund where they can use it whenever and wherever they please.
Vdanr, the question as to where the Wheel Tax is going has been asked many, many times. No one seems to want to tell the taxpayer exactly where it is being used. Remember I am not an authority on this, but it looks like the Wheel Tax is being used for other things and not schools. Believe it is being treated as a General Fund where they can use it whenever and wherever they please.
By: Trvlace on 3/13/09
Wheel tax, this is the very reason you NEVER let a politican impose a tax on you like this. You think they will ever put their hand back in their pocket? NO! This money was to be for Oakland and Riverdale. It paid them off, END IT NOW! It is like telling you here is a 10 year loan and 35 years later your still paying on it. I'd say that money is squandered away, on frivilous events and projects we never approved. QUIT RIPPING OFF THE PEOPLE!!!
Wheel tax, this is the very reason you NEVER let a politican impose a tax on you like this. You think they will ever put their hand back in their pocket? NO! This money was to be for Oakland and Riverdale. It paid them off, END IT NOW! It is like telling you here is a 10 year loan and 35 years later your still paying on it. I'd say that money is squandered away, on frivilous events and projects we never approved. QUIT RIPPING OFF THE PEOPLE!!!
By: momx5 on 3/13/09
WOW! I am dissappointed.
Buchanan Middle school is LONG overdue. The current middle school is cramped with the K-6 graders and middle school students don't have much room, activities, extracurricular, or sport programs to round out their middle school educational experience. it's really ashame. it's the entire reason I opt IN for my kids to waiver in to Central Middle school instead. How much more personal growth are we willing to withhold from our future workforce, volunteers, creative thinkers of Murfreesboro? Our children SHOULD be our biggest investment.
Shame on the nay-sayers for being so scared to do thie right thing in Rutherford County. Better schools bring better companies with families that fill the classrooms with eager young minds. When will the vision for our community override the pragmatic?
Guess I'll be signing yet another 7th greader up this year at Central Middle School! My 4th one!
WOW! I am dissappointed.
Buchanan Middle school is LONG overdue. The current middle school is cramped with the K-6 graders and middle school students don't have much room, activities, extracurricular, or sport programs to round out their middle school educational experience. it's really ashame. it's the entire reason I opt IN for my kids to waiver in to Central Middle school instead. How much more personal growth are we willing to withhold from our future workforce, volunteers, creative thinkers of Murfreesboro? Our children SHOULD be our biggest investment.
Shame on the nay-sayers for being so scared to do thie right thing in Rutherford County. Better schools bring better companies with families that fill the classrooms with eager young minds. When will the vision for our community override the pragmatic?
Guess I'll be signing yet another 7th greader up this year at Central Middle School! My 4th one!
By: Oblio on 3/13/09
I had three who attended Central Middle School. It was a great experience for them.
I have heard horror stories about the situation there now. That is why I favored the expansion program. But momxr is deliberately sending her children there. I can't believe she would be doing that if it is as bad as some have alleged.
My grandkids will start 7th grade next year. Where they attend is not my decision to make but I really would like reliable information about what they might find there.
I had three who attended Central Middle School. It was a great experience for them.
I have heard horror stories about the situation there now. That is why I favored the expansion program. But momxr is deliberately sending her children there. I can't believe she would be doing that if it is as bad as some have alleged.
My grandkids will start 7th grade next year. Where they attend is not my decision to make but I really would like reliable information about what they might find there.
By: titansone on 3/13/09
Trvlace is right - the first wheel tax was instituted to build two new high schools - Oakland and Riverdale - to replace Central High School. This was only a "temporary" tax. 35 years later, it's still "temporary".
A wheel tax is voted on by members of the county commission and may be ammended in the same way. You might find it interesting to know that sometimes counties or cities actually DO rescind or reduce their wheel taxes!
Wheel taxes, while collected by the county clerk, are retained in the county and submitted to the county trustee. Based on the structure of the ordinance that created the tax, the proceeds are used for their identified purpose(s).
Trvlace is right - the first wheel tax was instituted to build two new high schools - Oakland and Riverdale - to replace Central High School. This was only a "temporary" tax. 35 years later, it's still "temporary".
A wheel tax is voted on by members of the county commission and may be ammended in the same way. You might find it interesting to know that sometimes counties or cities actually DO rescind or reduce their wheel taxes!
Wheel taxes, while collected by the county clerk, are retained in the county and submitted to the county trustee. Based on the structure of the ordinance that created the tax, the proceeds are used for their identified purpose(s).
By: barrettbear on 3/13/09
Either way we look at it, no new schools this year.
Either way we look at it, no new schools this year.
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