N.C. Lottery misunderstandings could derail bonds

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Rip Snorter — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:00:11 GMT

Our worry is that the public will see the lottery as being this great boon and will say, 'Well, we don't need to vote for this bond. The lottery will take care of it,' said Margaret Arbuckle, director of the Guilford Education Alliance, a business group that is a booster for public schools.Maybe the voters in those school districts they're worried about in FL just decided they weren't getting enough bang for the buck when they passed bonds to raise their own taxes. Maybe they're the leading e... [ More ]

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Chewie — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:41:19 GMT

I would hope that multi-million dollar bonds, in this case a billion dollar issue, will always require getting the message out. The need for tax increases should always be more than an emotional agreement based on its title.

N.C. Lottery misunderstandings could derail bonds

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 14:33:00 GMT

The new North Carolina lottery is supposed to help fund education, but local school officials and advocates are worried that the newly created state game could shut off a vital source of funding. Our worry is that the public will see the lottery as being this great boon and will say, 'Well, we don't need to vote for this bond. The lottery will take care of it,' said Margaret Arbuckle, director of the Guilford Education Alliance, a business group that is a booster for public schools.Bonds are n... [ More ]