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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Voters would happily pay for new schools over aquatic centers and $1M bus stops.

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Not every voter would rather that money go to schools than the aquatic center. Especially not senior citizens who are more concerned with their own amenities than with schools, and who turn out to vote in far greater numbers than parents of school-aged children. Million dollar bus stops have already been nixed.[/quote]

Let's give the voters a chance to voice their opinion. Put to a vote, don't make decisions based on perceived fears. 
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Put what to a vote? Bonds aren’t either/or.[/quote]

Put up a bond for school projects. 
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They are doing that. They do it every two years.[/quote]

But they are not asking for everything we need.

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1. They can’t do that without blowing our credit rating out of the water.

2. Because of 1, the county board won’t approve it, and they have ultimate say in how much of a bond will be put up for schools.

3. You think voters wouldn’t react to a half billion dollar school bond referendum? If the bond gets voted down, that means no additional bond money for two years, and every project relying on that money as well as everything planned for after it gets set back two years. That includes Reed, the CC high school, the Ed Center renovation, the Arlington Tech expansion, the middle school expansion, the new elementary school for 2029, and a bunch of MC/MM. That’s a pretty big risk to take just to figure out how far the voters can be pushed.[/quote]

Lots of fear talking.

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