Tired of Name Changes/Bad Planning - Vote NO on School Bonds

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:you're kidding, right? 100,000 voters tell you that they don't want to spend money on building facilities and you simply ignore that? 15% of the registered voters doesn't give you (school board member) some pause for reflection?

You don't have a very high regard for the political savvy of the Board members I guess.

Yes, when the percentage of voters approving bonds remains very high, and about where it has been for years, you don't worry about the small fraction who voted against them. Sorry if you made such a tiny splash.

Ignoring your gratuitous, snarky comment, you seem to have overlooked that an additional 25,000 - 50,000 voters said NO to generally non-controversial bonds - and this from an electorate that was clearly energized in favor of the Dems. More careful analysis suggests that this indicates something unusual, although I see your simple view that as long as the percentage in favor is high there's nothing to be concerned about. Hillary made that mistake as well...

And an even larger number of additional voters voted in favor of the referendum, keeping the overall percentages quite consistent. It's a big county.

[Anonymous]

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There's nothing in these results that will send any message to the School Board other than keep doing what you're doing.

The problem is with the ballot questions. Most people when asked "should we spend more on education" will automatically start thinking that children are our future and yes we should teach them well, so that they can grow up and lead the way, to show them all the beauty they possess inside and give them a sense of pride, even if it is just for the simple pleasure of hearing them laugh and reminding us how we used to be.

But real life is not a Whitney Houston song; that money comes from somewhere and we are all careful with spending when it is physically coming out of our own pockets. So lets sit down and decide how much money is enough and what is truly needed by the schools to effective teach our kids.

I agree they specifically word I vaguely. Its part of their strategy for voters who don't look up the issues in detail.