The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-26
OFFICIAL CITES
SCHOOL PACT
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number of the directors of the Tax
payers Association then promised
that the association not only would
not oppose the projects then agreed
to. but would also support these
projects in the event of opposition
from any other source. A member
of the school board was anxious that
the points Of agreement be definite,
and he stated them, and asked
whether it was not to be understood
that the association would now sup
port the projects. One of the direc-
tors. president Of a bank, replied:
Our word is good Not one word
of dissent was heard from any one
then at the meeting, and with all
points fully agreed to, the meeting
adjourned. 15Nr9
9Th that is not an agreement, what
else can it be? Are they going to
charge that because we lowered the
cost ofthe new building by $4,000
more than they had proposed to us
and we had promised to them at this
meeting, we have broken our part
Of the agreement? That has been
our only deviation from the course
agreed to. The gentlemen who want
lower taxes are not protesting about
that, surely, but still they come with
a remonstrance asking that the cost
of the building be reduced even be-
low that figure.
Four "Signers" Present
-Four Of the gentlemen who
signed the remonstrance against
Shortridge were at this meeting and
gave their word to stand by the
agreement made at the meeting. Yet
their names are on the remon-
STRANGE. They are men of sd high
standing that it becomes plain that
Mr.. Miesse has made false represen-
tations to them to obtain their sig
natures to the remonstrance.i
MIR. AIiesse has said that he only
wishes to have check upon the
expenditures for the new Shortridgc.
He might readily have obtained that
check by asking the school board Tor
the opportunity instead of appealing
to the State tax board with a re-
monstrance against the entire pro-
ject.
HE argues that the school board
is asking for blanket grant OF
81 200, 900, without showing what is
the estimated cost of the project.
The resolution adopted, now in our
minute books, and advertised for two
weeks in the daily newspapers, In
plain words states that the estimated
cost of the building is $1,000, 600, and
that at least this amount will be
REQUIRED for the building. He as
serts there is to be surplus in the
bond issue for other projects, and
that is not true. For some reason
he refrained from asking for any
information about the project from
school officials.
Board Wants Approval
"The school board during the past
several months has been anxious
for approval from all groups of the
plan It had devised for meeting the
building needs Of the city. 1t has
even on its own motion, asked the
State tax board to send its engineer
to inspect building plans and offer
advice for economies. 1t has been
grateful for cooperation thus OBJ
tanned. Now when it has obtained
an agreement from supposedly re-
liable men on this building program.
it proposes to see that the agree
ment is kept. or else let the city
know that these men have broken
a promise.
This point should be emphasized:
These men agreed to support bond
issue of s1.25O.000 for the new Short
ridge High School. Now they come
with a remonstrance asking the
state tax board either to deny the
project entirely because taxes are
too high, or to reduce the cost OF
the building even below the figure
|of $1.2O0.OOO now proposed by the
school board"