For our faithful PRU readers who may have missed it, the Butterly On Education blog recently posted an interesting article titled A Rudyard Kipling approach to (FOIA) requests - Part One.
Butterly offers that he intends to "write a series of Blog postings on writing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests...My ultimate goal is to teach you a disciplined and repeatable approach to investigating your School District’s activities, utilizing the Freedom of Information Act...So, let’s end this post with the first question. What is FOIA?"
The PRU Crew is looking forward to reading what Butterly has to say on the subject and we look forward to the promised future postings. We also hope those who may be interested in paying closer attention, not only to what their local School District is up to but also any of their other local governing bodies, will find the information useful and the Butterly blog a helpful resource.
We have to admit we were dumbfounded by the story which inspired the above -- When is enough, enough? $900 a day for consulting? Not bad for government work!
And in case our faithful PRU readers are not aware, there is a small section of Park Ridge which reportedly pays property taxes into East Maine School District #63 (map)(.pdf).
Jeez, some of our fellow taxpayers are taking it from all sides!
April 29, 2010
FOIA Fun!
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Crain St., Carol St., and Hallberg Lane are in District 63. I think the area of Park Ridge north of Dempster is as well.
According to the park district brochure, the area west of Potter, north of Farrell, the area north of Dempster and Park Ridge Pointe are all required to pay non-resident fees for Park Ridge Park District programs. My guess is that they're taxed by another town's park district rather than Park Ridge.
Thank you for the heads-up!
I'm looking forward to Butterly's second installment.
I live in PR but pay District 63 taxes. Maybe it's also time to go to a board meeting.
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