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 [Kevin White announces a tax levy to cover costs of school desegregation] Original Airdate: 5/17/1976 Length: 00:21:00 Item Type: newstape - original footage Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Kevin White (Mayor, City of Boston) holds a press conference at City Hall to annouce a one-time tax levy of $16.40, to finance the $27.5 million deficit caused by court ordered desegregation. Jim Young (Treasurer, City of Boston) explains why a tax levy is better than borrowing funds to cover the deficit. Young says that a one-time tax levy is more prudent than borrowing money. White accuses the Boston School Committee of "total mismanagement" of school desegregation. White says that there is no more money to fund the School Department payroll. White says that Arthur Garrity (federal judge) has ordered the city to find new revenue sources to fund court-ordered school desegregation; that the school deficit must be brought to the attention of the taxpayers.
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - Law and legislation Busing for school integration - Press conferences Busing for school integration - School boards Busing for school integration - School management and organization Economic conditions Taxation Subject : Personal Names Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. White, Kevin Young, James Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston City Council Boston School Committee Type : Genre News - Unedited |
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