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Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2928AN
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Article outlines discussion at City Council meeting about the ballot measure to increase the utility tax to raise money for the schools. It was suggested a higher admission tax at Santa Anita Park be used to raise the money.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2924AN
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Article outlines school board's plans if voters approve a boost in the utility tax in June.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 7, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 7, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2926AN
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City Council unanimously agreed to hold a June election to attempt to bail the school district out of its financial troubles. Proposition A would increase the utility tax by 2%, bringing in $550,000. Proposition B would raise the tax an additional 1% bringing $250,000 more. The funds would be for maintenance of school property and facilities used by the city.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2923AN
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Voters resoundingly defeated the two measures aimed at bailing the school district out of its financial difficulties. Results are given.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2929AN
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Article gives distribution to cities and counties of state cigarette, "in-lieu" motor vehicle license fees, and highway users tax. Arcadia received $17,778 of the cigarette tax, and $44,798 of the other fees.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1978
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p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 30, 1978
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Finance
Item ID
1563AN
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Don Pellegrino, incumbent on the ballot for City Council, has definitive opinions, listed in this article, on the election issues: the budget, race track admission, utility tax, etc.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 7, 1982
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 7, 1982
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1982
Pellegrino, Donald E.
Item ID
1087AN
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The Arcadia Unified School District will borrow $3.5 million and use future tax revenues to pay it back in one year.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2942AN
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The first public hearing on the closure of two public schools was held December 10. Most of the speakers urged the Board to look for other alternatives to closure. The savings isn't enough to justify the move. The Space Utilization Committee did not explore alternatives to closure.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2666AN
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The School Board has begun discussions on a proposed tax increase election to cope with galloping inflation. The Board hopes to hold the election on April 15, 1975 in conjunction with the election for Board members.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 24, 1974
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2913AN
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The recent Supreme Court ruling which declared California's property tax funding of public education unconstitutional will have its affect of area schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2912AN
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Arcadia voters overwhelmingly supported their schools in the tax base election held November 8. There was a heavy turnout, with over 80% of those eligible going to the polls.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 10, 1977
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 10, 1977
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2918AN
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Utility tax.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1970 p. 1
June 28, 1970 p. 1
July 5, 1970 p. 1
March 3, 1971 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 13, 1970 p. 1
June 28, 1970 p. 1
July 5, 1970 p. 1
March 3, 1971 p. 1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
4297AN
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The April apportionment of the cigarette tax, highway users tax and "in-lieu" motor vehicle license fee has been distributed. Arcadia received $15,988, $34,441 and $76,778 respectively.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1979
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p. B-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1979
Pages
p. B-3
Subjects
Finance
Item ID
1565AN
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Arcadia School Board members unanimously approved the funds to prepare and file the necessary legal documents to hold a bond election on September 15 that could raise nearly $28 million to renovate the district's classrooms.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 16, 1992
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
43AN
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The Arcadia Bond Committee has received nearly $11,000 in donations to help fund its campaign for a $28 million bond measure to upgrade Arcadia public schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 23, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
101AN
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The Space Utilization Committee will probably recommend the closure of two schools. Consensus was that one of the two should be Bonita Park, the smallest elementary school in the district. Committee members are still studying which other school to pair with Bonita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2662AN
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Article outlines regulation and inspection procedures governing school buses and their drivers in Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1979
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1979
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
School Board - School Buses
Item ID
2566AN
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A tax base election is set for November 8, 1977 to ask voters to continue the present $230 base revenue amount.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1977
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2917AN
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An application for state funds to make $8.5 million worth of repairs in 6 Arcadia schools is moving ahead. Funds for the repairs, from the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Program, a bond measure, have been exhausted. However, another bond issue, coming up in the June 1990 election, is expected to pass and provide money to continue the program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 30,1989
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2943AN
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