Seven school districts hold budget revotes

In a last-ditch effort to win approval of school budgets, seven districts across Long Island are holding revotes Tuesday on spending plans totaling more than a half-billion dollars.

[Strong Island]

Im def. in favor for the speculated 4% max. yearly school tax increase that the Gov. is thinking about passing. Its the only way to monitor and keep these schools under control with spending! Lets pass it now!!!

[Disgusted in Illegalhaven]

Vote NO to PMSD!

[time is now]

get out and vote NO NO NO-This BOD does not care about our community at all.Soon it will be 10k or more a year to live here.Try selling your house than.fat chance.The house you save today could be your home tomorrow.VOTE NOOOOOOOO.

[Realist]

Get out in WANTAGH and vote NO!!!!!

The system has failed. It's time to dismantle it before Long Island is a ghost town.

[darker]

What is the matter with the GREEDY, CRAZY DISTRICT people?
Voters already voted. They voted NO on the INFLATED BUDGET.

Long Island districts present voters with constantly increasing budgets that far exceed anybody's wage increases.

Nobody can afford these HUGE DISTRICT BUDGETS anymore!
It is time to get rid of all those high-spending districts and
CONSOLIDATE.

[Newsjunk]

Gee Newsday, did the Chicago journalist finally get the news about the revote midday or did you choose to bury it and cover it up with Britney Spears and Leona's dog decision ? Worthless paper.

[Not for nothing but]

time is now wrote:

get out and vote NO NO NO-This BOD does not care about our community at all.Soon it will be 10k or more a year to live here.Try selling your house than.fat chance.The house you save today could be your home tomorrow.VOTE NOOOOOOOO.

Try selling your house in a town where the school district is in osterity. Good luck with that! The difference between a passed budget and a failed budget is like $100 per year, less than $10 per month. Think about that when you vote No and then your school district offers no sports, no after school activities, no summer school, larger class sizes. Now try selling your house to a family with kids and see how many offers you get. Vote YES! Please.

[shipper500]

Newsjunk, Your So right!!!

[Southbound]

It should be illegal to ask for a revote without even modifing the proposal. These districts act like spoiled children.... they keep asking until they get their way!
Let's start the district consolidation now.

[shipper500]

Not For Nothing...But if my tax bill wasnt so high i wouldnt have to sell my home in the first place.

VOTE NO ....

[Ms spellingsworth]

Osterity ..... Really, what is that!
ohhh you meant Austerity.

[CHICKEN N RICE]

HEY NOT FOR NOTHING the only problem is your paying 20 dollars more a month for everything elle you can possibly buy.What are we looking for ,a what goes up less in a day bargain.

[Broke in PM]

Vote NO on Pat-Med "revised"budget.
I would still like to know how a 4.12% increase in spending from last year somehow morphs into an almost 10% increase in my taxes?!!. When my tax increase is 4.5%, then I will vote yes. At the rate my taxes go up every year, in 5 years when maybe I can retire,my taxes on a little house in South Patchogue will be around $10,000. That's for a little 2 bedroom house on a tiny piece of property. Guess I am not retiring after all.

[CHICKEN N RICE]

Amen BROKE IN PM . LET the schools BROWN BAG IT.

[dom]

Why should governments be the only institutions to not have to live within their budget.

They could dump school busing for a start.

[VOTE]

Lindenhurst is losing 300 students next year.Yet they want over 4 percent increase in taxes.looks like maybe 150 homes up for forclosure or people fed up and leaving this town.Bring common sense back and vote NO today.

[educator]

this is for THE CHILDREN why does the community want to hurt children, what kind of people are you

[hey]

Not for nothing but wrote:

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Try selling your house in a town where the school district is in osterity. Good luck with that! The difference between a passed budget and a failed budget is like $100 per year, less than $10 per month. Think about that when you vote No and then your school district offers no sports, no after school activities, no summer school, larger class sizes. Now try selling your house to a family with kids and see how many offers you get. Vote YES! Please.

What dope you are. So continue to abuse us is what you are saying, because its a soft punch. Well with the flurry of punches over the past years it adds up to a quite a hit. Voters take a stand, vote no. Don't be a pusze-e like this guy.

[NYC]

Not for nothing but wrote:

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Try selling your house in a town where the school district is in osterity. Good luck with that! The difference between a passed budget and a failed budget is like $100 per year, less than $10 per month. Think about that when you vote No and then your school district offers no sports, no after school activities, no summer school, larger class sizes. Now try selling your house to a family with kids and see how many offers you get. Vote YES! Please.

Some of us don't plan on selling in the next few years so that argument holds no water

[educator]

NYC wrote:

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Some of us don't plan on selling in the next few years so that argument holds no water

arent the children worth 10 dollars a month?