News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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There are the Three Sisters, and then there are the three Sisters taxing districts: the school district, the city, and the park and recreation district. The public grants each of these the privilege of taxing us so they might carry out their missions aimed at providing specific public services. The school district educates our children, the park district provides recreational activities for children and adults, and the city develops and maintains an infrastructure providing the services necessary to sustain an urban... Full story
Boards set policy; staff executes. I've espoused this mantra as a nonprofit manager for decades, yet found how disabling it can be when utilized in the context of my participation in the deliberations of the Sisters School District Budget Committee last month. Each year several citizens are added to the Sisters School Board for the purpose of considering and adopting the annual budget for the district. This well-meaning group signed on this year with the mistaken assumption that they would have some impact on the expenditure... Full story
