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I was reading the farragutpress, the Pugh & Company audit of the Town of Farragut financial situation. They say that Farragut has $64.6 million of unrestricted net money with $34.5 million available at their discretion, for spending, and no debt. My big question is, why does Farragut not contribute more to the schools in Farragut? The primary, the elementary, the middle school, and the high school, Farragut contributes very, very little to the schools. All the pressure is on Knox County. Farragut has all the extra money, no debt. They need to contribute to the schools. That's the most important thing in our community is the young children, rather than buying land and building parks and building monuments for people, we need to support the schools more. We do not. Farragut does not contribute, but very, very little money to the school system. I know that through the Farragut Education Foundation, they contribute very, very little. Farragut needs to contribute more to schools. That's the most important asset we have is our young people, not building monuments to ourselves and parks and naming things after people and spending a lot of money. We need to support the schools more. That's an obvious point. I'm sure this will come up big time in the mayor's race coming up. We need to contribute more to schools. We have been negligent.
