The next time that South Dakota legislators listen to a harebrained proposal from State Senator John “California” Carley, they would be well advised to not just take his word for it. Because in his most recent legislative proposal –SB190– he didn’t exactly tell them the truth:
Schools and counties both receive property tax revenue. Carley said the credits would only apply to the school portion of taxes.
The bill would cost school districts a combined $14 million to $21 million per year in lost revenue, according to Carley, who attributed the estimate to a fiscal note prepared by the Legislative Research Council. The fiscal note was not yet publicly available Tuesday morning.
So, Carley claimed that the fiscal note said $14 to $21 Million.
Well, no, according to the South Dakota Legislative Research Council.
Try upping Carley’s figures a bit. To an incredible $34 Million to over $126 Million that his plan would have stripped from South Dakota public school budgets!
Who on earth would have voted for this bill if they were told up front that they were voting to strip an unbelievable $126 million from their local public schools?
Senators, the next time California Carley puts a legislative measure in front of you with a price tag attached to it – you had better check his math first.
Mr. Carley, who is from California, probably got a private school California Math education.
At a fly by night private school located in some seedy strip mall.
Carl Perry must have accidently pressed the wrong button. Had this passed the Senate the D3 and D1 House Teams would have voted for this garbage bill over in the House. They will vote for anything.
Thou shall not lie…….unless it furthers you agenda. Has anyone found out what branch of service this dude served in and how many head of cattle he runs as his website claims?
Just like he told everyone during the sb217 hearing that without tabulators South Dakota would have results within 4 hours of polls closing on election night.. BS!!
Keep it on topic, please
This bill is yet another example of political extremism. These extremists are either completely oblivious or do not care about the costs and negative consequences they inflict on others when they push their very narrowminded minority driven agenda. All they think about are themselves.
This is a poor session where no work or thought is put into bringing bills. The newbies seem to support each other, no matter how silly.
Give the guy credit for innovation. South Dakotans like innovative ideas. The expense is extreme, but the idea is creative.
I doubt there would ever be a funding proposal that NEA would support regardless of the amount. The Noem proposal was limited to $4 million and directed only at under privileged kids. The problem with teachers is they always wants more, and even when they get more, it’s not enough.
He deserves no points for innovation nor valuing taxpayer time and resources during his time in Pierre.
You said, “The problem with teachers is they always wants more, and even when they get more, it’s not enough.” We all know those teachers are in it to make money hand over fist in SD. Always asking for way too much. Living in their ivory towers not caring for the everyday folk. Get real, this is off the wall. It isn’t innovative he is taking this from other states and out of state.
That seems to describe the working class, always wants more, and even when they get more, it’s not enough.
Hourly wage earners want more in wages. Retirees want more from Social Securtiy. The governemnnt wants more in taxes. Non profits want more donations. Rretailers want more in sales. Farmers want more in prices and farm subsidy.
But teachers who teach and spend more awake hours with someone else children then the parents do, shouldn’t? If I stop at those Ivory Towers it will probably be bankers, lawyers, docotrs and maybe even farmers coming to the door but i doubt many teachers.