Two weeks from today, the Hamilton County Commission will get its eyes on the proposed schools budget.
In case you have lived under a media-free rock for the last six weeks, you know the biggest part of this discussion is the proposed 40-cent property tax increase.
It was part of Rick Smith’s stated desire for a school budget increase of tens of millions of dollars. It, like all proposed tax increases, has been controversial and conversational.
Let’s take a moment and relax. Let’s re-evaluate and review.
Put aside your “If you are against a tax increase, you’re against children” or your “I’m against all tax increases” rhetoric for a second.