Will the teacher's union ever be satisfied? Two years ago, my property taxes went up by $130 and again this year by approximately the same amount. As I understand it, all that money goes to the education system. If the teachers have their way and get the annual increases they propose, we're all going to be taxed out of our homes.
Hey, UEA, get a clue. We can't afford your demands. You say we need more money for textbooks. I've heard of eyewitnesses who have seen the school districts dumping books in the landfill. Could it be that in the education hierarchy there's a problem with too many administrators, secretaries or other sundry personnel who bloat the education budget and aren't really all that necessary to the educating of our children.
Other reports indicate that it takes well over $4,000 per student to get a public education in the state of Utah, but the private sector is doing not only a comparable job but even better for half the price. Now what's wrong with this picture? I get a little perturbed when I see the UEA signs that say Utah students deserve more. Well, so do a multitude of other well-deserving workers who are themselves struggling to make ends meet.
I think the teachers' union is getting too big for its britches. I'm formally registering my protest against any further tax increases for education, for TRAX, for fluoride or for any other pet project of the do-gooders our utopian society is gravitating toward. No more tax increases.
Richard Nielsen
South Jordan