2009 FBISD Tax Hearing (On YouTube)

CLICK HERE FOR THE 2009 FBISD CONTROVERSIAL TAX HEARING (YES THEY ARE RAISING THEM AGAIN--see petition of over 500 district taxpayers asking for board accountability) --In case anyone missed it they raised the property tax rate again (4th time) in 2010 and more than likely will do so again in 2011 facing another projected 15-20 million dollar budget deficit, according to some media reports. ***NEW*** ..Petition TO STOP THE GSTC (Global Science Museum being planned at the district central office--near $30 million dollar project that superintendent Jenney is pushing): http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopthegcst/ (see update below on this apparently ending this project after 2 years)

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Update On GISDWatch Lawsuit By GISD lawyer David Feldman (Also handles FBISD & HISD cases): Is suing taxpayers the new norm in silencing opposition?

SEE this recent news release from our sister site in GISD on the recently threatened SLAPP-suit: http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=ca5de54a31ed2eb0

"In a case that Galveston school district’s attorney argued is different, Port Arthur’s public school district in 2001 tried to sue a blogger for defamation. The Texas Ninth Court of Appeals tossed out the lawsuit based on black-letter law: New York Times v. Sullivan clearly prohibits such lawsuits.

“The question presented is whether a governmental unit may sue for defamation,” the opinion states. “The answer is no.” Daily News

SLAPP-suits are about silencing opponents and not about damages (Canen & Pring, 1996). --We will update these at intervals! We have notified the TexasWatch network and forwarded the case to the ACLU - Houston for advice. Stay tuned...
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