The Columbus Municipal School District's budget hearing Thursday evening was dispiriting.
Responding to the ruckus caused by the announcement of a tax increase necessitated by a $1 million shortfall in its FY17 budget, the district said it will dip into its diminishing reserves instead.
In other words, the district is kicking the can down the road.
Barring some unforeseen turn of events, a significant tax increase on homes and businesses is coming.
That news was delivered before a large au
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