12/4/13 - I guess you guys who live in Laramie County, Wyoming know that the voters passed that bond issue for Laramie County Community College back on November 5th. The election results: with 61of 61 precincts reporting 59.6% voted for the bond issue, and 40.4% voted against it. Billed as “Building Forward” project, by the school, the Administration devoted space in The Talon, the school, magazine, to drum up support for their project. The election result allows Laramie County Community College to start construction on two new campus facilities. The final unofficial vote was 5,670 in favor and 3,848 against. This vote total includes absentee ballots. Voters have agreed to a general obligation bond levy that would raise Laramie County property taxes by 2.83 percent or approximately $1.58 a month for every $100,000 of property value and 74 cents a month for every 640 acres for range land owners. I think if this had been known prior to the election, the results might have been different. The tax increase will provide more than half the needed startup capital to construct a new administrative building for student services as well as a new home for some industrial technologies courses. Question: where will the OTHER half of the funds come from? Will the Administration raise student tuition and fees to continue building their empire? The special election, paid for by the LCCC Foundation, was pushed forward a year ahead of the general election by an “appealing tax environment” and desirable construction costs, Schaffer [LCCC president said] earlier. Question: who decided it was an appealing tax environment? The “Building Forward” project is driven by the need to increase LCCC’s square footage in an effort to accommodate previous and possible future enrollment growth. Though the rate has slowed “by single percentages” in the last year and a half, the college’s enrollment has steadily increased “40 percent over the last 10 years,” Schaffer said. Yes, even in Laramie County, and even in the poor Obama economy, the educators get what they want.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:23:29 +0000
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