Schools would be better off without state interference

A response to Doug Wiersema's guest column on Oct. 28 titled "This is not a good time to raise taxes." Doug, I read the position paper you sent to the Gazette and am glad you mentioned the circumstances that our state government would see and take advantage of. If this little scheme was to generate enough support in the state, I am certain we would be given other opportunities to contribute locally to our schools, while they would provide no relief by lowering our taxes. Indeed, the demand for money in Springfield is so great that I'm tempted to think that this is another scheme like the one passed so many years ago by the state Legislature to fund the schools by using the profits from the lottery. They lied to us indirectly by leading us t