Could it have been double
with Post
the Finances?
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Steve
discussed with one of his clients, a professor
at one of the nation’s major universities,
the inequity of educational funding from
property taxes for the schools in California.
More money goes to schools in Malibu than
in South Central Los Angeles, for example,
because of the difference in property
values. However, the California Lottery,
which grosses more than $3 billion, could
equalize this and other disparities. |
Given the
fact, as Mr. Mozena pointed
out, that the Lottery is in effect a "poor
man's tax," why not equalize expenditure
on schools through Lottery income, since it
is predominantly the lower income people who
purchase the tickets? The professor explained
that any help given by the Lottery to low income
schools was no more than symbolic, and who knows
what they spend on administrative fees?
Again, Mr.
Mozena says this is the perfect time
to post the finances daily for the California
Lottery and find out where that money goes.
Mr. Mozena has already written to and spoken
with California Lottery officials about posting
its finances daily to the Web. They said they
wouldn't do it because they are not legally
obligated to do so.
What are they
hiding? Mr. Mozena said, give
it time, it's just a matter of time before they
will be legally required to post the finances
daily. Then, maybe will get parity in funding
for our schools.
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