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dogfigbtint
. What ou tate vot-
5500
5000
DESPITE THAT potential
for unfamiliarity, area and state
Democrats y they are confi­
dent ho ever the party nomi­
nate will arn bro d
geographical baa of upport.
·Th re . 10m good candi­
date. in the race already,· said
John Neeb, chairman of the 6th
Congreuional District, hich
includ half of IAlpeer County.
·We just Want to good Demo­
cratic candidates in the race .•
Steve Gools, spokesman for
the state Democratic Party, said
the fact the candidates are from
the heartland of state govern­
ment should help, not hurt. "Be­
cause they are centered in
Lansing, they are going to be
working much harder in upstate
" ... the Democratic
gubernatorial ticket could suffer
if no candidate can gather
support from the Detroit
tri-county area. Blanchard took
that-support for granted and was
bounced by underdog Engler. "
-Bill Ball nger
$4500
$4000
TOTAL EXPENDITUR PER STUDENT
FOR 0 YEAR OF ClAS S.
. MICHIGAN SCHOOLS = 5,546
NATIONAL AVERAGE = 4,960
e1'8 decide will determine who
will face Engler, h aid,
"I know we think e big
tuft' here in tb tat capital,
but you're looking at 5 percent
percent of the population here,"
Ballenger . d. "Ingham County
is to Michigan what Michigan is
to the United States."
BALLENGER SAID the
Democratic gubernatorial ticket
could suffer if no candidate can
gather support from the Detroit
tri-oounty area. Blanchard took
that support for granted and was
bounced by underdog Engler, he
·d.
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By DAVID GHOSE
ClIp"" New. Service
LANSING- Some school dis­
tricts may soon receive a visit
from an unlikely figure: Robin
Hood.
As a means to replace 1994-
95 school property taxes, which
the historic July tax cut elimi­
nated, the Legislature may
adopt a "Robin Hood" school­
funding plan that could sting
prosperous "out-of-formula"
schools.
Out-of-formula means a
school district does not receive
basic state aid because its prop­
erty-tax levels exceed a preset
limit.
"I think you've already seen a
tendency on the part of the Leg­
islature to go in the direction of
'Robin Hood--that is, taking
away from the rich districts and
giving to the poor," said Bill Bal­
lenger, political analyst and
publisher of Inside Michigan
Politics newsletter.
The Aug. 31 school-funding
plan requires out-of-formula
schools pay their own Social Se­
curity payments. The state,
which previously paid out-of-for-
_mula schools' Social Security,
will distribute its eavings to
poorer Michigan school districts.
HOWEVER, THE Engler
administration this shift as
eliminating a serious inequity
within school funding. The state
subsidizing wealthy school dis­
tricts.
"Why is the state paying So­
cial Security and h lth benefits
and things like that?" said .Iohn
Truscott, the governor's press
secretary. "Basically, it subsi­
dizes rich districts for the very
fact they are wealthy."
In order to create funding -
uity, many legislators want to
create a "foundation" grant--a
guaranteed per-pupil allotment
provided by the tate.
Rep. J ie Dalman, R-Hol­
land, who says he does not sup-
g
port wealth redistribution, is a
proponent of the foundation­
grant concept. "Every child
should get the same amount of
money no matter what public
school they go to," she said.
. Dalman, a member of the
House Education Committee,
also contends a foundation grant
is not a large departure from the
current system. She said the
state already redistributes
state income-tax revenue to in­
formula school districts.
TO CREATE A foundation­
grant system, the Legislature
and the governor L.isically have
four , options--a sales-tax in­
crease, a statewide property tax,
an income-tax increase or an in­
crease in the single business tax.
'Every child should
get the same
amount of money
no matter what
public.school they
go to."
-J Hie O.lm.n
But Truscott contends re­
turning to property-tax funding
is unlikely. "The governor
doesn't favor going back to prop­
erty tax , including tatewide
taxes," he said.
Dalman, who p ently does
not upport a statewide prop­
erty tax, said she won't consider
raising the single busin . tax,
too.
Bu Dalman contends chang­
ing the sal tax may plau­
sible option. "What we could do
is maybe widen the base of sales
tax by including entertain­
ment," she said.
Increasing the les tax to
mo th nth curr nt4
how ver, would r
approval.
what.
"Th fight' for that 15 per-
nt of th mining lector­
ate," hid, "John Engl · not
a charismatic politician. Wh n
h d som thing, there isn't
ny ugar coating on it. Because
of the that, he' never won elec­
tions in landslid , but he wins.
He has an amazing record of
winning elections, even against
incumbents. "
Detroit area."
The primary race is till in its
early ta , and other candi­
da may still emerge, said Bal­
lenger, whose publication boasts
an 88.7 -percent SUooe88 rate in
picking winners of state races.
He gave some early odds on
the race things tood last
week.
this (school) funding fraca ,"
Ballenger id. "He' trying to
cast himself nc-nonse
politician who ha kept the
prom' he' made. Even hi
enemi have to grudgingly ad­
mit he' done that, even if they
wish he hadn't kept those prom­
ises."
proposed the amendment that
eliminated property tax as a
basi for funding of public
schools.
"Wolpe can sit on the ide­
lin and criticize without mak­
ing any tough votes," he said.
In the July 26 issue of the
bi-weekly publication, Bal­
lenger gave Stabenow 2-1 odds,
Wolpe 5-2 and Jondahl6-1.
But he said Engler has a 4-3
edge on the field.
"Ultimately, a lot is going to
depend on how he .comes out of
BALLENGER EST�
MATED that 40�45 percent of
voters will vote for Engler no
matter what, and 35-40 percent
will vote against him no matter
"STABENOW MIGHT have
shot herself in the foot with all
the publicity she has surrounded
herself with," he said. '
On the House floor, Stabenow
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