A fair comparison? In size, maybe Brentwood Borough School District? Brentwood Borough, a suburb of Pittsburgh located in Allegheny County, was incorporated November 6, 1915. The borough consists of 929.9 acres, or approximately 1.5 square miles. Brentwood currently has an estimated population of 10,000 citizens.Demographics are different: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmkThe Brentwood Borough School District is comprised of two elementary schools for grades K-5, and a combined middle/high school for grades 6-12. The district currently serves an estimated 1,250 students.Another, in size only: Morrisville Borough School District: http://www.mv.org/Few municipalities the size of Columbia decided to “go it alone” during the era of school district consolidation. Want to do the research? Go here: http://munstatspa.dced.state.pa.us/MuniSDRel.aspx
Look at the towns in Hempfield school district Mount ville, Land is ville, East Pete, Roherstown. Do you see any that have our problems. So tell me it's not the school district & it's crazy high taxes.
You're comping apples and oranges. How do the above compare with Columbia in terms of population, demographics, income, poverty, etc. Making Columbia a part of Hempfield SD isn't going to make this town suddenly become attractive to home owners. The problems are a lot deeper than that.
Sharing the costs over a bigger population leads to lower taxes. This in turn leads to a more affordable home for families & retirees. I would think even the EDC would know this.
People who think the school district is not a problem in this town are the ones who keep us stuck in the past & going backward. We need business minded people to run this town like a business should be run & get rid of the small town mindness or should I say inefficient operation that we've been using.
A town is not a business. A town has services that it must provide that won't bring profit. Only narrow-minded and clueless people think the two are in any way similar.
And because the town wastes so much taxpayer money, they can't provide services to those in need. Weather its a nonprofit or a stockholder owned business, if you don't make your operations efficient there won't be any profit, or in the case of the town services, for the taxpayers or stockholders.
This has to be a boro employee, or someone not very smart. It's very easy to see this town & it's school district are very inefficient with the taxpayers money. Taxpayers are not getting near enough for their money. Hopefully that's simple enough for even you.
Yeah, for the money you would think people would at least know how to correctly use apostrophes. Again, running a school district and a boro are not the same as running a business. You cannot run them with the same mindset, despite what Trump says. Simple enough for ya, chief?
So I guess your an English teacher. Doesn't matter what you think, I & everybody else in this town are tired of paying way too much in taxes & getting nothing for it. Since you think it's OK the way it is I'll pay in taxes for my property what I would if my property was in Hempfield & you pay what's left because it's in Columbia. I can tell you right now you'll be paying about 30% of my taxes.
***** You're *****Nope, not an English teacher. I did pass the 3rd grade which is where they teach you that kind of stuff. I never said it is OK. I simply said you can't run a town like a business. You are the one that is making up arguments.
Unfortunately your like our leaderless in this town you worry about dumb stuff like apostrophes or in their case saving employees jobs instead of worrying about how to best use taxpayers money. It's called diversion. It's what politicians do best. So maybe that's what you are.By the way business
Another side note business is not defined by profit. Nonprofits are businesses too & the good ones are always looking at efficiencies in their business.
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A fair comparison? In size, maybe Brentwood Borough School District? Brentwood Borough, a suburb of Pittsburgh located in Allegheny County, was incorporated November 6, 1915. The borough consists of 929.9 acres, or approximately 1.5 square miles. Brentwood currently has an estimated population of 10,000 citizens.Demographics are different: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmkThe Brentwood Borough School District is comprised of two elementary schools for grades K-5, and a combined middle/high school for grades 6-12. The district currently serves an estimated 1,250 students.Another, in size only: Morrisville Borough School District: http://www.mv.org/Few municipalities the size of Columbia decided to “go it alone” during the era of school district consolidation. Want to do the research? Go here: http://munstatspa.dced.state.pa.us/MuniSDRel.aspx
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Look at the towns in Hempfield school district Mount ville, Land is ville, East Pete, Roherstown. Do you see any that have our problems. So tell me it's not the school district & it's crazy high taxes.
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You're comping apples and oranges. How do the above compare with Columbia in terms of population, demographics, income, poverty, etc. Making Columbia a part of Hempfield SD isn't going to make this town suddenly become attractive to home owners. The problems are a lot deeper than that.
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Sharing the costs over a bigger population leads to lower taxes. This in turn leads to a more affordable home for families & retirees. I would think even the EDC would know this.
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Since Columbia is landlocked, there is no way to share the costs over a bigger population unless we merge with another district. It has to be done.
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People who think the school district is not a problem in this town are the ones who keep us stuck in the past & going backward. We need business minded people to run this town like a business should be run & get rid of the small town mindness or should I say inefficient operation that we've been using.
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A town is not a business. A town has services that it must provide that won't bring profit. Only narrow-minded and clueless people think the two are in any way similar.
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And because the town wastes so much taxpayer money, they can't provide services to those in need. Weather its a nonprofit or a stockholder owned business, if you don't make your operations efficient there won't be any profit, or in the case of the town services, for the taxpayers or stockholders.
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You're still trying to pass them off as similar. They are not. Your analogy makes zero sense.
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This has to be a boro employee, or someone not very smart. It's very easy to see this town & it's school district are very inefficient with the taxpayers money. Taxpayers are not getting near enough for their money. Hopefully that's simple enough for even you.
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Yeah, for the money you would think people would at least know how to correctly use apostrophes. Again, running a school district and a boro are not the same as running a business. You cannot run them with the same mindset, despite what Trump says. Simple enough for ya, chief?
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So I guess your an English teacher. Doesn't matter what you think, I & everybody else in this town are tired of paying way too much in taxes & getting nothing for it. Since you think it's OK the way it is I'll pay in taxes for my property what I would if my property was in Hempfield & you pay what's left because it's in Columbia. I can tell you right now you'll be paying about 30% of my taxes.
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***** You're *****Nope, not an English teacher. I did pass the 3rd grade which is where they teach you that kind of stuff. I never said it is OK. I simply said you can't run a town like a business. You are the one that is making up arguments.
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Unfortunately your like our leaderless in this town you worry about dumb stuff like apostrophes or in their case saving employees jobs instead of worrying about how to best use taxpayers money. It's called diversion. It's what politicians do best. So maybe that's what you are.By the way business
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Another side note business is not defined by profit. Nonprofits are businesses too & the good ones are always looking at efficiencies in their business.
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Businesses (whether for-profit or non) are still not the same as a town or school district that must (by law) provide certain services. Not the same.
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Anybody who thinks municipalities shouldn't be efficient with their funds only needs to look at Detroit.
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