Essentially there were a lot of people in the community who were standing and speaking at this meeting because they wanted to warn the school board that they were not in favor of any legal action coming against the community, against the school board. They were afraid for their tax dollars.
hey were afraid for their paid tax dollars
could be future or unpaid
( z1 fear :ARG0 ( z2 hey ) :ARG1 ( z3 dollar :ARG1-of ( z4 pay :ARG0 z2 :ARG3 ( z5 tax ) ) :poss z2 ) )