In an editorial today, the Miami Herald blasts the idea of a 1-cent sales tax hike as regressive. According to the Herald: “As to K-12 funding, legislative leaders have said they will consider everything put on the table. So far they have been lukewarm to: raising the tax on tobacco products; lifting any sales tax exemptions; imposing sales taxes on Internet purchases.”

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OK, Clay County, here is your opportunity to show how much you care about the public education system. 

From 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 7, 2009, residents are encouraged to line the streets at the corner of Kingsley Avenue and Blanding Boulevard in Orange Park to show support for our school system and voice our displeasure with the funding shortfall that is expected out of the Legislature again this year.

A large majority of the residents who have moved to Clay County in the last 1 5to 20  years have done so because of the quality of the school district. It is now time for those newcomers, as well as all of you who have been here for decades, Read the rest of this entry »