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I think the Senator and Davis are quite mistaken.

The 2% budget increases DO account for fixed, mandated increases in operating costs such as pension benefits and health care cost increases. This is precisely the essence of the debate that raged about the 2% limitation in the first place and was the subject of countless battles at dozens of school board meetings across the state. More egregious tho is the utter lack of understanding of how the school bill works. One need only look at it. Here in Rockville Centre the reason taxes went up more than the 2% budget increase is beacuse the RATE at which residential homeowners are taxed increased by 78 basis points , from 729 per $100 of assessed value in the 2011- 2012 tax year to 807 per $100 of assessed value this year. The RATE comes from the County not the school districts. It is the one element in the tax equation the school districts DO NOT control!!! Assuming Mr. Davis was quoted accurately, he has told a blatant untruth. One would think the Senator would know better, have a better understanding of how things work and call Davis out on his deception. I suggest the Senator do his homework rather than rely on the hacks in the Assesors office to feed him a line of utter horse hooey!

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