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Part One: Our weekly update from the Lone Star State, with Scott Braddock, editor of the Quorum Report. Topics include: the second debate between Beto and Cruz. Has Beto found his fist? The upcoming Trump rally for Ted Cruz, Trump’s threats to close the border because of a “caravan,” and how that plays in Texas.
Part Two: NH has some of the highest property taxes in the US. Property taxes are how the state funds education. Wealthy towns have great schools, poor towns…not so much. In the 1980’s five school districts sued the state for not contributing enough money for education, a suit that came to be known as the Claremont lawsuit. Claremont is one of the highly taxed, not wealthy towns. The state settled, and agreed to a funding formula. They never fully funded their promise, and when the high school in Claremont lost accreditation because the district couldn’t keep up with repairs, the Claremont II lawsuit was born.
Our guests today were both attorneys hired by the municipality to reinstate their lawsuit. They are John Tobin and Andru Volinsky.
They’ve been doing presentations around the state to explain the unfairness of funding education through the property tax system, and what it means in different communities. They join us to talk about the tax structure, who benefits, and who loses.
