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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why they needed this. This will keep seniors in their homes for longer. As anyone who has tried to buy a house recently knows, inventory is really low. Now seniors will try to stay in their too-large homes, while school budgets are cut and families struggle.

I say to repeal this deduction![/quote]

PP was probably joking but he or she shouldn't have been. "Seniors" get goodies because they vote, not because it makes economic sense. We should give tax breaks to residents who start new businesses, not the wealthiest age group in town.[/quote]

The Mayor has always been clear in her support for our seniors. They have been an important part of her base in Ward 4 and beyond. I don't think we sharpen or further our argument by going after that tax break to fund schools. Let's find something else in the budget (and I don't suggest the streetcar that Ward 6 "neighborhood schools" people see as OK to positive).

The "neighborhood schools" people in high-performing areas of Ward 3, 6 and 2 will have to lead the discussion here. For the most part they don't use, like or understand charter schools but if we link up for both DCPS and high-performing charter schools perhaps the Mayor and her largely silent and unseen Deputy Mayor for Education (former charter leader Jenny Niles) will listen.

Chairman Mendelson and new AG Karl Racine are the other two most important people on the education issue and could be viable Mayoral candidates if they step up where the Mayor and DME do not. [/quote]

You are mistaken about one thing -- the ward 6 folks DO use, like and understand charter schools (see Latin, BASIS, Two Rivers), due to our screwed-up middle school and high school situation.[/quote]

I was overly broad in what I said about Ward 6. Sorry about that. It's the group around Tommy and Charles Allen who are annoyed by good charters in other Wards. I get it but I don't get it if it's education we care want.   [/quote]

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