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Disappointed

It is unbelievable that one person can send an anonymous letter to Westlake residents at the final hour, for the second time, and put the nail in the coffin he or she built to defeat the levy. An unsigned letter with lopsided facts supports the opinions of the naysayers who vote no. How can you give an accurate picture of teacher salaries without including everyone's salary? Are these inflated numbers before or after taxes? Are they before or after the reduced salaries teachers agreed to? Did you think about the teachers who will now lose their jobs? Are you considering the importance to college-bound students who will not be taking AP classes? What about the balance art, music, and sports and what that balance contributes to citizens of our city and our country? Such mean-spirited negativity might give people extra money in the short run, but what about the long-term growth of young minds in general and Westlake in particular?

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