LazyReplacement7379 t1_ivm4f6m wrote on November 8, 2022 at 11:30 PM

Reply to comment by Mindless-Budget9019 in Any good guides to the candidates on tomorrow’s ballot and what they stand for? by CoercivePax

That's true but I don't trust real estate, period. I don't think they have the public school system's beat interest at heart. I don't think they have the public's best interest either. Just $$. Low property taxes for the buildings they own and high rents for the tenants who live there.

Problems with the public school system stem from a whole bunch of shit. I'd rather try to sort it out with the people who teach my kids, not the people gentrifying my city and evicting families

Mindless-Budget9019 t1_ivm8ocl wrote on November 9, 2022 at 12:00 AM

If taxes keep increasing, gentrification would actually accelerate and working class families would in fact be forced out. The Board of Education can’t do side deals with developers to only lower their taxes. They can only set the budget and then everyone poor and rich alike gets charged the same percentage unless the property has an abatement. High taxes would also force the rents up.