With the legislation in play now, we would have to make cuts ranging from one to two million dollars - I can't begin to tell you what that would do to this district.

Even if Bush were to win, there's no mandate to do any radical legislation.

This is legislation we've been working on for years.

The immigration bill has to be perceived as the bashing bill of the year. The intensity of that legislation left little room to target anyone else.

There's four big ticket items we have no control over - special education, healthcare, pensions and construction costs - and these are the things impacting our budget the most.

No school board member in this state likes raising taxes, but if we're not properly funded by the state or the federal government, and the costs are increasing, we don't have a choice.