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	<title>best of myshortpencil &#187; Budget Issues</title>
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		<title>TRIMMING SCHOOL BUDGETS NOT EASY</title>
		<link>http://www.myshortpencil.com/blog/2006/06/38/budget-issues/jerry/trimming-school-budgets-not-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2006 22:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Charles Cummins / Report Card on Education Schenectady, NY: 2006-06-04 Â  Â  School budgets keep going up and voters in some communities keep voting them down. When this happens, school administrators have a problem. If they agree to trim the proposed budget, voters will feel it clearly contained excesses and understandably wonder if even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great School Budget Scam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 04:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["New York's system for public voting on school budgets can be accurately described as nonsense on stilts -- a dubious idea made all the more unstable by its execution.  This is a process in which ballots are cast by too few people, who are too little informed about a complex and incomplete document -- one that, by simple virtue of its existence, acts as a lightning rod for public dissatisfaction. And usually without accomplishing a thing. But still costing a lot of money. Who thought this up?"  Read more and learn the process for adopting annual school budgets in New York. ]]></description>
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