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Article: Citywide recreation tax in Franklin proposed School district would like more funds for programs, but some council members are concerned about the plan
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 6, 1998
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Little enthusiasm was expressed by the Common Council Monday for
a Franklin School District proposal to levy a citywide tax for
district-operated recreation programs.
By having a citywide tax, residents, who live outside the Franklin
School District but within city limits, would not have to pay a
supplemental fee for recreation programs.
"Our goal would be to have one charge for programs and not have
to fragment the community by which school district they live in,"
Brad Anderson, Franklin community education and recreation director,
said in a letter to the city.
Meeting as a Committee of the Whole, aldermen noted that if the
school district continued to levy a tax for the recreation ...