tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post7119891191718047748..comments2023-05-15T02:14:27.684-06:00Comments on Diogenes' six: Somebody Needs To Do Somethingched macquigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06433039009492338854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-59579435324828886312007-09-07T21:30:00.000-06:002007-09-07T21:30:00.000-06:00Mexico seems to have had some success in paying st...Mexico seems to have had some success in paying students to go to school and by alloting food to mothers who keep their children properly immunized and such. Could we take that approach, say 400 of the 4,000 that APS gets for each student from the state via the "head count", and use that for the same purpose, but add on some safety requirements too. APS doesn't get the rest of the money unless it starts complying with Homeland Security Presidential Directives on having an All Hazard Plan in place. Could the State PEd hold Districts accountable that way, hold up the funding for the administrators only (teachers and field troops need to keep getting paid)? I wonder if, likea "day without a Mexican" we could have a "day with no layer of administration" - unlike no immigrants, I bet teachers would not notice that some former administratoor getting paid both his/her retirement and a technical salary was NOT sitting on their ass at Communications or HR that day.<BR/><BR/>J. Lopez - former school employeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-49063525105265512292007-09-06T20:58:00.000-06:002007-09-06T20:58:00.000-06:00The comment was in response to the idea of willing...The comment was in response to the idea of willingly taxing ourselves additionally in order to pay for school police; and for the intervention, and prevention for at risk children, that we must fund.<BR/><BR/>Actually, the only opportunity to protest property taxes is to defeat mill levy or bond issues; neither of which is in the immediate future.ched macquigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433039009492338854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-38361742590623120812007-09-06T20:11:00.000-06:002007-09-06T20:11:00.000-06:00One of the comments below: "APS won't get another ...One of the comments below: "APS won't get another dime from me"... huh???? If I don't my property taxes, of which a huge allocation goes to APS (&CNM); whether I like it or not, then I will be in big trouble.<BR/>Is there really a way to protest that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-18284650615228182662007-09-06T18:05:00.000-06:002007-09-06T18:05:00.000-06:00APS will not get another dime from me untill there...APS will not get another dime from me untill there is an honest audit with people held accountable. Promises of future accountability are just that, promisesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-10443272802644692232007-09-06T11:16:00.000-06:002007-09-06T11:16:00.000-06:00I'd vote for it too. Where is the State - Homeland...I'd vote for it too. Where is the State - Homeland Security on this issue?<BR/>I love how the Federal Gov. and local officials jump all over school safety when a school shooting occurs or the media reminds us that schools are soft targets for terrorism. <BR/>Whole lot of talk and very little action. A lot could be done now, with a common sense approach that doesn't require money. But of course, we must talk it to death and wait for it to smack us right in the face first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com