Third in a series
Re “Goldberg: Schools Should Not Have to Rely on Foundations”
[img]2839|right|Ms. Nancy Goldberg||no_popup[/img]School Board member Nancy Goldberg rues the day that Prop. 13, which whacked property taxes with an axe, was passed by Californians.
“Those of us who were living here and teaching here in 1978 when Prop. 13 came into effect, saw the complete decline of our special programs,” said Ms. Goldberg, who retired from Culver City High School after four decades.
“At that time I had two voluntary clubs. I did tutoring after school. There was no sense of restriction. If we found a way to intervene with a student, the District would be behind us.
“With Prop. 13, all of that went. Everything became monetarily based. There was a set of repercussions I don’t think any of us foresaw.”
Not that 13 was a 100 percent disaster.
“Even though I have benefited from Prop. 13 over the years,” Ms. Goldberg said, “it sure has not helped my children.”
On this Election Day, Ms. Goldberg recalls exactly how she cast her vote 36 years ago.
“I voted militantly against it,” she said. “I was very anti-Prop. 13.”
Turning philosophical, she added that “the treatment of older people was atrocious. What I wanted to do was for people who had reached their golden years – like I am in now – to have some sense of security and to forestall the forfeiture of their homes.
“Taxes were going up,” Ms. Goldberg said. “There was a reason Prop. 13 happened. It was just such a flawed implement, as far as I am concerned.”
(To be continued)
