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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the people who are upset about this, which projects that have been approved in the CIP pipeline do you want to see postponed so that the $40 million necessary to fund the auditoriums for Crown and Woodward can be put back into the budget?

There's no more money coming in. So some projects or elements of projects are going to have to be postponed or deferred. And someone, somewhere who's hoping and paying for whatever project gets deferred is going to be pissed off. There's no pleasing everyone here.[/quote]

Predictably, no one who's complaining about the auditoriums being cut from the budget could muster up an answer to these questions.[/quote]

MCPS as  a whole has been making poor financial choices leading to this crappy moment.  My suggestion for drastic measures to save money that puts the least number of students in schools unable to meet their needs —ie no auditorium— is to look at elementary schools that are under capacity and not predicted to grow — there are many— and sort how closing very underutilized schools and  sending students to other nearby under capacity schools might save money while still allowing all children to attend a fully build school.  Also look at redistricting to allow students to attend schools when possible in walking distance and push MCPS to build sidewalks as needed so we can save on transportation.  Both of these actions are sure to make lots of folk angry but would allow students to go to fully build schools and would allow the county to save money.  [/quote]

That's a valid, long-term move that could free up money for future projects. It would also take a significant amount of time and resources to complete.

But you're not answering the question that was posed: What will you eliminate from the current approved CIP pipeline so that the auditorium projects can be reinserted to take their place?[/quote]

I think the answer from folks here is that nothing should be cut and that the County Council should have the courage to fund that which they've underfunded for decades, now. [/quote]

But from WHERE? The money has to come from somewhere. Which couch cushions in the county coffers have $40 million up for the taking? Or are you advocating we cut something from somewhere else in the county budget to fund this? If so, what cuts are you recommending? [/quote]

Um...increased taxes, school bonds, etc.[/quote]

You cannot be paying attention to local politics nor what happened last year when taxes were increased to fund schools if you think another increase is on the table.[/quote]

They just want to keep increasing tax but then the money is still sucked by some blackhole they created and no money to renovate or build schools. [/quote]

cut the developer subsidies and  let it be market driven[/quote]

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