Jerry Hanson: The ‘why’ behind all the school referendums in Wisconsin

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. The simple answer is we keep sending the same politicians back to Madison. In the early 1990's the legislature, to control property taxes, decided to limit aid to schools by the amount of inflation. This still allowed schools to meet operational costs and occasionally use ref...