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December 13, 2007
Shelby County May Sue the State
County Commissioner Mike Ritz has run the numbers and figures the state is short changing the citizens of Shelby County in education funds:
Ritz said his research shows Shelby County is one of few Tennessee counties to be paying more toward education than what the state provides. Ritz believes Shelby County is sacrificing so that other school districts can get more state funding.
According to Ritz's numbers, the state has short changed Shelby County between $32 and $35 million a year.
Ritz is going to talk to the other county commissioners to determine the feasibility of suing the state for the lost funds and to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Problem is, I don't see how winning this suit would be possible. So what if Shelby County citizens are subsidizing the education of kids in other parts of the state? How is that different from what the federal government does? Or the state in a host of other programs?
If the money was expected to stay where it is earned, then we wouldn't need government. Hmmmm, now there's an idea . . .
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