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   As a long-time student of probabilty, you have to question the overall strategy by the board and admin.

The tremendous risk of the combined levy and the consequences with  a failure offered a catastrophic liability when matched with the possible gain from a successful effort. The schools would have survived the current year as is, and still been able to put  a better long-term agenda on the plate. Just the renewal would have solved the bulk of the short term next year. 

This could be a far worse happening than the hospital move.

Could the provisional ballots change the ending? You might think that the large majority would favor the schools, though in such a crucial instance, these ballots should be painstakingly verified.

If this is the continued logic of our board and admin, then these people are nowhere near as smart as we thought. They must be ousted en masse asap.

The aftermath could be the real story.

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spiderjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749	Post Options Post Reply Quote spiderjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: insanity Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 10:29pm
	As a long-time student of probabilty, you have to question the overall strategy by the board and admin. The tremendous risk of the combined levy and the consequences with a failure offered a catastrophic liability when matched with the possible gain from a successful effort. The schools would have survived the current year as is, and still been able to put a better long-term agenda on the plate. Just the renewal would have solved the bulk of the short term next year. This could be a far worse happening than the hospital move. Could the provisional ballots change the ending? You might think that the large majority would favor the schools, though in such a crucial instance, these ballots should be painstakingly verified. If this is the continued logic of our board and admin, then these people are nowhere near as smart as we thought. They must be ousted en masse asap. The aftermath could be the real story.

John Beagle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855	Post Options Post Reply Quote John Beagle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 9:51am
	I think the board and the superintendent made a bad strategic move when they combined the levy with both renewal and new money. They were warned, but they did not hear. Watch this video of evidence of being warned about combining the Levy money. Tax Failure may be due to not Separating New and Renewal Money (Video) (2 Comments)
	John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio.

MiddletownGrad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Outsider Joined: Aug 09 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote MiddletownGrad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 10:17am
	Having personally dealt with Katie McNeil it is my sincere opinion, that at least in regards to one School Board Member, the above statement by spiderjohn is more accurate then most of you will ever know. these people are nowhere near as smart as we thought.

John Beagle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855	Post Options Post Reply Quote John Beagle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 10:21am
	MiddletownGrad : Oh, I've dealt with Katie McNeil too. She and I were co-members of the Middletown Schools Technology committee and her company ws a computer service customer with CSN1 Technologies, my local computer networking company. Spiderjohn and MiddletownGrad are on the right track. But I think McClure and Kabethe are super smart. So we shouldn't group them all in as "smart' or 'not smart'.
	John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio.

buckeye63 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Outsider Joined: Apr 24 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote buckeye63 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 09 2007 at 10:47am
	I don't know if it's a matter of intelligence or not, but it's definitely an issue of the BOE being a bit too cocky. It feels like they use the control of the education of the students in Middletown as a bargaining chip to get their way.

arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List MUSA Official Joined: May 17 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 588	Post Options Post Reply Quote arwendt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 10 2007 at 4:10pm
	Did you guys see the Letter to the Editor today by Doug Kaufman? If so what are your thoughts to his comments on how the ballot was arranged?