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Mayor McKinney criticizes superintendent’s school board vote over state funds, calls for transparency
Summary
Mayor McKinney delivered a lengthy statement alleging Superintendent David Rodriguez misrepresented his position to the school board regarding reallocation of $15 million per year in state funds intended for property-tax relief; the mayor criticized the board’s late opposition and urged collaboration among taxing bodies.
Mayor McKinney used the council’s June 4 meeting to address a recent school-board resolution opposing the city’s proposed allocation of state funds intended as property‑tax relief. The mayor said the city proposed reallocating state aid — described by the meeting as $15 million annually to the community — in a way that would reduce property taxes across taxing bodies and that Superintendent David Rodriguez had supported the plan in prior meetings but “flipped” before his school board’s vote.
“Then at the eleventh hour, just before the board meeting, he flipped,” the mayor said, accusing the…
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