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Residents and parents press Pasco School Board over proposed levy increase
Summary
Several community members urged the Pasco School Board to rethink a proposed levy increase, citing steep property tax growth and district spending trends; parents and a longtime voter said rising levies are pricing out residents while a parent-citizen cited federal pandemic funds as a driver of later local tax increases.
Several residents and parents used the Pasco School Board’s public comment period to oppose a proposed replacement levy and press the board for clearer budget reasoning.
Rick Lamont, a Pasco resident who said he has paid taxes in the district for 45 years, told the board he will vote no on the levy. “This is an exorbitant request,” he said, citing what he described as a roughly 40% proposed increase…
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