Purchase Agreement for Pillsbury Campus Negotiated

Images from http://www.co.steele.mn.us/departments/auditor/docs/STEELE_PUB_BALLOT_G…] the Steele County Sample Ballot

I hope and pray that it passes:

• For the sake of the MBA
  
• For the sake of the gospel in Minnesota (as this would free up significant funds to be used for possibly church planting
  
• For the sake of the former staff of Pillsbury who are owed money
  
• For the sake of Pillsbury alumni who will see their campus preserved
  

As a taxpayer (and I don’t live in Steele County so I won’t be voting on this):

• I don’t know why kids need an all-day Kindergarten. I survived (so far … now 61!) by just having a half day Kindergarten. My wife missed Kindergarten completely and has managed fine in life!
  
• Some of the school board financing is a little fishy!
  • A a 20-year obligation for the school district of
    
  • $30 million!
    
  • “after five years of funding for all-day kindergarten, the district would have to ask for the levy to be renewed or make other allowances within the district budget”
    
  • Depends on unpromised state funds: “The school district is also hoping to see an up tick in funding formulas from the state government in that time frame” (And as everyone in Minnesota knows … our State’s budget is a mess!)
    
  • The school district’s budget is a mess: “projected a $2 million deficit for the next school year”
    
  
  

For some in a down economy, in a region http://www.facebook.com/steelecounty#!/album.php?aid=38612&id=162962687…] just recovering from devastating floods , this phrase will give voters pause: “By voting ‘yes’ on this ballot question, you are voting for a property tax increase”