Beware of Marion school vote

Editor:

To Marion School District voters — beware of confusion on the MSD Special Elections Ballot proposition (or is it a rollback, or ratification, or referendum?) that reads:

Marion Independent School District

Special Election

Proposition:

Approving the ad valorem tax rate of $1.23 per $100 valuation in Marion Independent School District for the current year, a rate that is $0.0253 lower per $100 valuation than the school district rollback tax rate.

(Aprovar la tarifa de impuestos de $1.23 por cada $100 de valoracion en el Districto Independiente de la Escuela de Marion para el ano actual; una tarifa que seria $0.253 mas baja del $100 valoracion hacia un nivel anterior de los impuestos del districto escolar.)

First, notice the error in the Spanish version ($0.0253 becomes $0.253).

The following was published locally Oct 20: “Marion ISD Tax Certification Referendum to set a maintenance and operations property tax rate of $1.08 per $100 of taxable value, which is 4 cents higher than the state cap. The overall tax rate would remain at $1.23 per $100 because the debt service rate decreased by 4 cents per $100.”

Folks, this means that the Marion School District can tax us $.04 more for Maintenance and Operations (M&O) this year — and for each FUTURE year — until a new “cap” is set by the state.

Vote “against” if you do not want the M&O rate raised.

Donna Wosnig
Marion resident

November ‘Home Care’ month

Editor:

When you are sick, where would you rather be treated? Chances are you would prefer the security and comfort of your own bed in your own home. Ninety percent of senior citizens feel the same way, which is why we celebrate National Home Care Month in November.

More than just providing excellent care where and when patients need and want it, home care and personal assistance service saves the United States and commercial health insurers billions of health care dollars annually. There is no more cost-effective provider of health care in the country.

When a loved one is struggling with a disability, dealing with a chronic or terminal illness, or recovering from a recent hospital stay, professional home caregivers have the answer. Today, patients can receive everything from chemotherapy to shampoos. These home care providers work diligently to keep seniors in their homes, where they belong.

As we prepare for Thanksgiving and recall our many gifts, please remember the home care and hospice professionals who make a difference every day for our nation’s seniors, disabled, and infirm. They make it possible for home care to be where the healing begins.

Jeff Salter
President and CEO, Caring Senior Service