Get the full story at:
9-8 Update: http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/09/inspirational_o.html
Update 9-3: http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/09/03/40126#comment-3040
http://blogs.chron.com/fortbend/archives/2009/09/fbisd_gives_par.html (Houston Chronicle)
and
http://www.kissmybigbluebutt.com/#September2letter (local political blog)
--We will update this news as it happens....
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)