http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/06/02/cobb/index.php
So what the hell's the problem?
If I'm reading the article correctly, basically, what the former commissioner has a problem with is that he doesn't see each student/teacher getting an iBook to borrow for the school year as the wording used in the measure, which set aside an extra tax charge for improving the district's technology.
Ugh. Each student and having an iBook would greatly benefit the district. Others have assumed that the commissioner is on MS or any other PC company's payroll. I don't know if I believe that or not. I also find it strange that he speaks for voters in general when he says that they didn't vote for laptops for use at home - um, what? Wouldn't the result matter in the end? Wouldn't the laptops be coming to a lot of the families that paid for the tax in the first place?
On the flip side, someone following the case closely says that voters in that county think the board of ed overstepped their boundaries. "Cobb County could see the next annual special option sales tax defeated because of taxpayer revolt over the school board's actions. That means Cobb will lose revenues they need for many non-school related projects like roads, sewers, and infrastructure," says the guy.
I don't get it. Maybe I missed or misunderstood something, but it comes off as anal.
So what the hell's the problem?
If I'm reading the article correctly, basically, what the former commissioner has a problem with is that he doesn't see each student/teacher getting an iBook to borrow for the school year as the wording used in the measure, which set aside an extra tax charge for improving the district's technology.
Ugh. Each student and having an iBook would greatly benefit the district. Others have assumed that the commissioner is on MS or any other PC company's payroll. I don't know if I believe that or not. I also find it strange that he speaks for voters in general when he says that they didn't vote for laptops for use at home - um, what? Wouldn't the result matter in the end? Wouldn't the laptops be coming to a lot of the families that paid for the tax in the first place?
On the flip side, someone following the case closely says that voters in that county think the board of ed overstepped their boundaries. "Cobb County could see the next annual special option sales tax defeated because of taxpayer revolt over the school board's actions. That means Cobb will lose revenues they need for many non-school related projects like roads, sewers, and infrastructure," says the guy.
I don't get it. Maybe I missed or misunderstood something, but it comes off as anal.