On a regular basis, we will be publishing letters from residents to residents in the edition we call “MB Residents Speak…” If you have information or an opinion, and you would like to share it with your MB neighbors, please email your letter to MBStrong2021@gmail.com.
Dear MB Residents
I just can’t get my arms around this second parcel tax. First of all, Rob Blake, General Manager of the LA Kings will pay the same amount with his multi-multi million dollar Strand home as a 2-bedroom, 80-year-old box in East Manhattan. This tax is totally regressive.
When the 2018 parcel tax was vetted and advocated, it was pushed as providing a “safe, reliable revenue” for the District. So, I ask, what happened in four short years?? It generated 2.5 million dollars annually for this District. Now, MB United’s citizen’s group wants 12.2 million dollars of our money each year on top of the first tax. When will this stop??. Enrollment has plummeted by over a thousand students or 14.9% since just 2014-15.
I asked a friend of mine, the Principal of a local private school why most parents are turning to his school. The answer: The extreme woke political infiltration of our public schools.
The 2018 “fix the problem once and for all” is now just 4 years old and the advocates want nearly 4 times that original $225 on top of their last tax scheme. Furthermore, the guidance of the professional survey was ignored by this citizens group.
This Board has shown an amazing ability to spend consistently more than they receive.
With our current national inflation rate of 8.5%, this “affordable” parcel tax will double to over 2 thousand dollars in year number 8. In its last year, it will be well on its way to three thousand dollars annually.
The ultimate irony is the pro-taxers argument that 65+ seniors can opt-out. What a bizarre reason to vote for a financial levy on the residents; that you can opt-out!
It’s time to RETURN TO REASON.
STOP THE INSANITY.
NO ON A. PERIOD.
Fred Taylor, MBUSD parent & 46 year resident of Manhattan Beach
Yard Signs are popping up all around town.
Email WeTheParentsMB@gmail.com for a sign!!!
Elect a new School Board in November to get our school district back on track.
This Board has got to go!
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