[OrangenowBlue]

So you are suggesting that the taxes in those areas should be increased? Again, I don't know of a school in NKY that does not charge a fee. So, if schools are not charging, then it means that they are either receiving that funding through taxes or state funding due to the average income of the families being so low! This notion that schools make all of their money through fundraising is rediculous? Does anyone know how much it costs to run just the football program? Think of every single sport that a school must fund! Their is no possible way that $500K comes from fundraising for every one of those schools!

Stardust you are basically calling me a liar. I know that you may feel like everyone in Eastern Kentucky is intellectually inferior and that we would not have anything if it wasn't for the tax payers from the "Golden Triangle" but you are wrong. I cannot speak for every school but no tax dollars are being used in Letcher County other than for facilities and salaries. Sounds like we may need to go north to the "Golden Ones" and give them some money management and fundraising training. I do understand the need for fees in Northern Kentucky due to lack of fundraising because of the close proximity of the schools. I also believe that many in Northern Kentucky do not know what real fundraising is and what it entails. It is not just concessions and the gate. You may want to pay a visit and we can show you some fundraising and innovative ways to make money to help support your programs. Stardust, I am sure you are far more knowledgeable about the functioning of Northern Kentucky athletic programs than I am and I KNOW I am more knowledgeable about what has happened in Letcher County over the past 20 years.