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Well, we have a primary election today, no disputed contests in my local districts so no real reason to vote. 

Except.

We have a budget initiative, proposed by the Maine Municipal Association in their infinite wisdom, in response to a citizen-initiative tax cap.  The referendum would require the state government to fund education to a certain percentage of the school district budget, without promising local tax (property tax) cuts to an equal amount and without proposing any new sources of revenue.

Voodoo accounting, far as I can tell.  Apparently the additional money comes from the Education Funding Fairy.  Sorry, but I can't tell any real difference when the money comes from my State of Maine Wallet instead of my Local Property Tax Wallet. 

And I'm just old and cynical enough to see a probability of increased taxes. 

Date: 2004-06-08 01:48 pm (UTC)
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>And have I mentioned that it's Too Hot?

Here, too. We're never sure whether we are "coastal" or "interior" or "northern" or "mountains" in the forecasts, but temp is in the eighties. I went for my bike ride and found the ambience excessive.

(There will be a lot of bicycle references in this journal. I put in over fifteen hundred miles last year, and if I'm not mentioning a ride, I'll be griping about weather that precludes riding. Or in the winter, lack of requisite snow for cross-country skiing....)

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