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I look for our community to be efficient with spending its tax dollars in providing the largest benefit to the most people as possible.
That said, count me as a person that is annoyed that citizens cannot use some of the school facilities. But not because those facilities were funded by school taxes - It’s more so because a number were subsidized by city taxes. I’m 100% sure North‘s fields/track were and I know there was at least one other. I expect school taxes should be for education first and for some extracurricular activities that are limited to school attendees. However, when city funds are contributed, I expect a broader set of the population to benefit. (And not just a handful of youth sports participants or for-profit track trainers…)
I travel extensively and more often than not I can find an open school track to run at - and it shouldn’t be a problem for our town to do the same. And I don’t think it has to be a “tyranny of or” situation. We can have trails AND have access to school tracks - it’s feasible with reasonable accommodation and different people would use them for different purposes and that’s OK.
(I think your other analogies were meant to be a bit silly… but for completeness, I don’t want access to the cafe - as there are lots of other options for food. There’s broad access to medical care. And police and fire assets exist to provide benefits for everyone and I have a car - so I don’t need individual access to their cars or equipment. As you note, the trails are good places to run… but a rubber track surface is a ton better on the knees, flatter/easier for less able/elderly runners and more precise distance measurement is nice to have at times as well.)
Thank you for a complete look at what is happening in our community. I read the voter guide offered by my subscription to THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS and I was impressed by the qualifications of all of our candidates. Each candidate truly loves Coppell. I was only able to eliminate one candidate. I’ve read the profiles at least 4 times at different times. Place 4 is the one giving me the most trouble. All candidates seem to be attuned with my thoughts as a former teacher. Thank you for reporting, too.
I guess I just need to go to a forum to actually meet these qualified candidates.
Dan, I think you mischaracterized the Clarence Thomas issue. As reported in the Wall Street Journal this week, there was no requirement for Thomas to report the Harlan Crow trips. So he didn’t “fail” to report them as you indicated in your column. The Supreme Court recently changed their reporting rules to require such reporting and Justice Thomas has indicated he will comply with them. The WSJ also has a completely different take on this issue on their editorial page than the Propublica report. Just FYI, I happen to agree with the WSJ’s position in this instance.
I look for our community to be efficient with spending its tax dollars in providing the largest benefit to the most people as possible.
That said, count me as a person that is annoyed that citizens cannot use some of the school facilities. But not because those facilities were funded by school taxes - It’s more so because a number were subsidized by city taxes. I’m 100% sure North‘s fields/track were and I know there was at least one other. I expect school taxes should be for education first and for some extracurricular activities that are limited to school attendees. However, when city funds are contributed, I expect a broader set of the population to benefit. (And not just a handful of youth sports participants or for-profit track trainers…)
I travel extensively and more often than not I can find an open school track to run at - and it shouldn’t be a problem for our town to do the same. And I don’t think it has to be a “tyranny of or” situation. We can have trails AND have access to school tracks - it’s feasible with reasonable accommodation and different people would use them for different purposes and that’s OK.
(I think your other analogies were meant to be a bit silly… but for completeness, I don’t want access to the cafe - as there are lots of other options for food. There’s broad access to medical care. And police and fire assets exist to provide benefits for everyone and I have a car - so I don’t need individual access to their cars or equipment. As you note, the trails are good places to run… but a rubber track surface is a ton better on the knees, flatter/easier for less able/elderly runners and more precise distance measurement is nice to have at times as well.)
Informative breakdown of bond election - enjoyed "soapbox" on tax payers use of track 😂
Also the candidates stand on the bond election was helpful👍
Excellent reporting on the candidates, Dan. Thanks so very much!
Thanks Dan!
Thank you for a complete look at what is happening in our community. I read the voter guide offered by my subscription to THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS and I was impressed by the qualifications of all of our candidates. Each candidate truly loves Coppell. I was only able to eliminate one candidate. I’ve read the profiles at least 4 times at different times. Place 4 is the one giving me the most trouble. All candidates seem to be attuned with my thoughts as a former teacher. Thank you for reporting, too.
I guess I just need to go to a forum to actually meet these qualified candidates.
Dan, I think you mischaracterized the Clarence Thomas issue. As reported in the Wall Street Journal this week, there was no requirement for Thomas to report the Harlan Crow trips. So he didn’t “fail” to report them as you indicated in your column. The Supreme Court recently changed their reporting rules to require such reporting and Justice Thomas has indicated he will comply with them. The WSJ also has a completely different take on this issue on their editorial page than the Propublica report. Just FYI, I happen to agree with the WSJ’s position in this instance.
Regards,
Jim Hall