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Jeff Ward
With the Teachers Strike Averted, Now Let's Solve the Real Problems
We've got to uncouple property taxes and teachers' salaries.
If there actually is a woman out there who’s had to put up with me almost as much as my longsuffering wife, it’s gotta be Chronicle Managing Editor Kathy Gresey. The sad thing is, unlike my beloved spouse, she didn’t sign on for the job. For the record, Ms. Gresey, the only person on the planet with more energy than me, is a supremely talented journalist and editor. Given a bit more latitude, she could turn that newspaper into something really serious. And the fact that my too-frequent attempts to goad her into seeing things my way are patently unfair hasn’t prevented me from pressing my point. Now that you’re armed with that information, you’ll understand the irony of what I’m about to say. Because when I read Brenda Schory’s piece on the…
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Colin C.
8:12 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
Good idea Jeff. A number of economists have proposed the transaction tax as a means of calming the computer trading frenzy that makes today's markets so unstable in the first place. We could also consider capital gains taxes. I like the idea of those who profit from an educated population paying a bit more toward education. I would not want to leave school funding in the hands of Springfield or … more ›