Taxpayers take matter into their own hands

Nearly 60 percent of voters in the Duncanville school district voted against a massive property tax hike on Tuesday, while some 73 percent voted against a similar measure in Cedar Hill. The multi-million-dollar tax hikes were defeated by a $30 grassroots campaign, and a little commonsense. The proposed tax rate increase was for maintenance and operations. The schools wanted to raise the rate from $1.04 to the state max of $1.17. The people decided the schools needed to learn to live within their means!