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11/24/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

The Case for Colorado Spending Transparency: Jeffco Schools Edition

Quite simply, the people of Colorado deserve open, accountable, and transparent government. Not the kind where you as a taxpayer walk into the school district admin building, get a barrage of questions for asking for a copy of the district's credit card transactions, and have to pay $75 from your own pocket just to see how your money is being spent. That's Natalie Menten's story with Jeffco Public Schools, and you can hear it on an iVoices podcast: Shouldn't it be easier for citizens to access this information? Is creating a comprehensive, user-friendly, online searchable database asking too much of our governments? In these tumultuous economic times, placing the public eye on government spending should help ensure that money is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, Education, Fiscal Policy, General Tagged With: appropriate, citizens, Colorado, Colorado Spending Transparency, credit card transactions, cutting edge, government spending, governments, hard economic times, Independence Institute, information, iVoices podcast, Jeffco Public Schools, money, Natalie Menten, open government, pocket, prudent, public eye, questions, school district, searchable database, State Capitol, taxpayer, Transparency, user-friendly

5/27/2008 By Ben Leave a Comment

Grand Rapids School Board Pulls Plug on Union Payroll Deductions

I have family that live near Grand Rapids, Michigan. And when it comes to teachers unions, you might say my research interests and writings have not exactly put me very high on their Christmas card list. Take these two things together, and I found this story from last Friday rather interesting:In Grand Rapids, the school board today took a no-confidence vote in the leadership of the district's teachers union. The board also said it will no longer deduct and transmit dues for teachers' paychecks, effective May 30, the next pay period. Ladies and gentlemen, for the uninitiated, please understand that union leaders surely view this action by the Grand Rapids school board as equivalent to a nuclear weapon detonation. Ending automatic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, General, Labor Tagged With: banking transactions, convenience, credit card transactions, Education Intelligence Agency, Grand Rapids Education Association, Mike Antonucci, paperwork, payroll dues deduction, teachers union

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