Why not use the $13.5 million later

Will the state provide $13.5 Million in the future if we want to wait until later?
Answer: This funding is available for one year. If we do not pass within the year, our share will be recalculated from the state, IF we will qualify at all.

Anonymous said, A article in the April 19th Ad-Trib it was stated by a Mr. Michael Daniel that why not use vote on the issue in 3 years. Can we do that? I thought the levy fund was donated money from one of the meetings I atteneded. Mr. Daniel suggests in his article you are using district funds. Is that true?

Dear Anonymous, We are glad you attended the meetings. Mr. Daniels has apparently not been going to meetings, reading the materials or going to the website to make an informed decision. If you remember the tobacco money will not be available forever. We have only ONE year to take advantage of the matched funds from the state. Not trying to get the 49% funding from the state now will result in only a higher local share, if we are even eligible for state money after this. We certainly could wait 3 years, but the chance of us getting any money from the state then would be slim to none. As far as the levy fund, as you well know the money is donated by community members and businesses. There are NO District funds used in this campaign, and I hope Mr. Daniels is not suggesting we are using district funds for the campaign. Those donations are for the levy campaign ONLY and cannot be used on building improvements. The two funds cannot be intermingled, so his letter leaves a lot of gray area to that aspect but you seem to be on the right track – district funds are NOT used to run a levy campaign!

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