{"id":11002,"date":"2012-10-26T14:22:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=11002"},"modified":"2012-10-29T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T14:23:04","slug":"letter-from-library-and-school-board-members-no-on-sq-766","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2012\/10\/26\/letter-from-library-and-school-board-members-no-on-sq-766\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter from Library and School Board Members: &#8216;NO on SQ 766&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a letter urging a &#8216;no&#8217; vote on <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/tag\/sq-766\/\">State Question 766<\/a> signed by three library and two school board members in Norman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-documentcloud\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"DC-embed DC-embed-document DV-container\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:129.4444444444444%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%;\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/488328-with-state-question-766.html?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false\" title=\"With State Question 766 (Hosted by DocumentCloud)\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><p><!--more--><\/p><p>Elaine Hobson, a Norman-area pathologist and Pioneer Library System board\u00a0member collected the signatures.\u00a0If the question passes \u2014 exempting certain &#8220;intangible&#8221;\u00a0properties from taxation \u2014 schools, libraries and county services will face cuts, the five\u00a0signatories write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The estimate for lost revenue for the state is as high as $68 million. The Pioneer Library System estimates they would lose $400,000 and the Norman Public Schools estimate a loss of $600,000. Other county services such as our Health Department would also lose.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Have a response? Add your thoughts to the discussion below, or reach out to us <a href=\"mailto:stateimpact@kgou.org\" target=\"_blank\">via email<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/stateimpactok\" target=\"_blank\">@StateImpactOK<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a letter urging a &#8216;no&#8217; vote on State Question 766 signed by three library and two school board members in Norman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[861,860],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11011,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions\/11011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}