Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Election results
The mil levy measure in my school district was voted down by a large margin.
When the measure was being considered I had a discussion with one of the members on the steering committee, a teacher. In effect I told him "If you phrase this tax increase in terms of pay increase for teachers the measure will fail. You need a Big Idea, something like merit pay, or a magnet school, something voters can get excited about". That teacher was gleeful when the decision was made to phrase the increase in terms of teacher pay.
Denver passed a merit pay system: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_4203576,00.html
Denver also passed an initiative that would de-criminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Mile High City indeed...
When the measure was being considered I had a discussion with one of the members on the steering committee, a teacher. In effect I told him "If you phrase this tax increase in terms of pay increase for teachers the measure will fail. You need a Big Idea, something like merit pay, or a magnet school, something voters can get excited about". That teacher was gleeful when the decision was made to phrase the increase in terms of teacher pay.
Denver passed a merit pay system: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/election/article/0,1299,DRMN_36_4203576,00.html
Denver also passed an initiative that would de-criminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Mile High City indeed...
