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5£jj4i j^BBB I H M H | __p____ jp^p^ j^ggj^g^ ja j^ j^ j^^^j^^^jm^^ jgi^n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ j^^^^^^j^^^j^P^^ j CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:7 cial to Cape towns with high property values,but relatively modest incomes.Theplan also changes how the state formu- lates what amount of funding is sufficient to adequately educate each district, to bet- ter reflectthe challengesfaced by our schools. Additionally, the reform ensures that each district receives at least a $50 per pupil increase over FY06. The Senateplan sets afloor of funding from the state under which no community should fall. Each community will receive a minimum of 20 percent of their basic school budget from the state. This target will be reached over five years. Increasing the floor is a significant commitment by the state to ensure that every district receives a basic standard of aid. Under these reforms, the Barnstable School District can expect over a $600,000 increase in state funding in 2007. The Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District can expect nearly $200,000 more in state funding this year. The Martha's Vineyard Re- gional School district can expect over $160,000, and the Nauset District can expect over $85,000 more in state funding this year. Furthermore , the Senate Committee on Ways and Means proposal will fully un- cap lottery revenues,allowing a total of $920 million of aid to go directly to communities across the Commonwealth. The local aid plan also in- creases funding for Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) by $9.2 million, totaling $25.3 million, which will allow com- munities to be reimbursed for state-owned land withintheir borders. Increased local aid will enable our communities to better provide the crucial services they supply. From the beginning of my career in the Senate, I have been workingto fix the school funding formula. While these reforms are not perfect , I see them as an import ant first step in the right direction to provide an equitable solu- tion to the school funding dilemma. Currently Cape districts receive, on average, 10.9 percent of their funding from the state,while the com- munities off the Cape average 39 percent. It willtake a series of reforms to rectify a history of inequitable funding, but the Senate proposal takes us along waytoward our goals.In the coming weeks, I will work with my Senate colleagues to ensure that the legislature adopts the Senate reforms. From the Senate... CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:4 As Broadhurst quipped when the rhetoric ended , "I probably didn't changeminds, but neither did anyone change mine." About 20 members of the audience,some from Mashpee and Chatham and other Cape enclaves, took to the micro- phones after the speakers concluded and,likethe debat- ers, offered mixed views and variousdegrees ofpassion over the issues involved including but not limitedto the Iraq War, WMDs, inhumane treatment of prisoners, homeland secu- rity, response to Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Southland, and the percep- tion of eroding civil liberties at the hands of Big Brother 's domestic snooping. Members of the audience were unanimous in one re- spect,however,that the activ- ist group "WakeUp Cape Cod" that sponsored the event, hosted by Ernest Duquet, re- tired engineer and aWake Up founding member, and mod- erated by Florence Seldin of the Cape's League of Women Voters, helped shed provoca- tive hues of illumination on a national issue and ought to continue such debates on other public concerns. While a blanket invitation had been extended to localof- ficials to present theirviewson impeachment, none showed up. This helped shore up an evident consensus that non- participation isaconsiderable flaw in the Democracy. As Broadhurst earlier not- ed: "I have lived long enough to realize there is little new under the sun." Impeachment... Reed Hillman, Republi- can candidat e for lieuten- I ant governor, will speak to the Cape Cod Repub- lican Club tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the Yarmouth House on Route 28 in West Yarmouth. Breakfast with the candidate CONTINUED FROM PAGE A:13 he said that Hyannis and Cape Cod have a huge amount of black history that is going unnoticed by residents and tourists alike. Although the CPC cannot approve or deny funding to historical initiatives, its support is the first step toward the town's approval of allocating money to the museum. Harris of Zion Union said he believes that , within seven to eight months, their new church will be built and museum work can begin on North Street. The museum "willbe something our children can say wow, to," he said. Unlike Gordon's I Have A Dream Museum, which only made appearances in February for Black History Month, the museumin Hyanniswould be open year round. Its creation would mean that black history could, Gordon said, "be celebrated every day and every month of the year." Ji/£f in Time- for Spring. ^ i0 « r 0\3^7 RY GA %l>PA :~ ^e n n i a ,» ^ \ J^ ^ J Vy • Flowering Hanging Plants EVERTHING FOR WATER ig^ffiliiMK^r^ Z ^L • Vegetables & Mulch GARDENS: SUPPLIES, KOI, jP H l i f c K Wl ^k !SSf'SSLSS?® 8 IZmmWr ^**'-''r^h fcmiTJ% V^-. ^nLmir ^[M\lM^llr ^y at ^^Mmm • KlITi hOOnOrC w * * -vv-i-t PS . 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