And the reactions from supporters are about what you'd expect:
If you vote "no" on a bond or a levy, then you want kids dying in the streets, you don't care about your community, kids will be dropping out left and right because, you know, MONEY SOLVES EVERY PROBLEM A SCHOOL DISTRICT FACES.
Except it doesn't.
Along with all of the past GOP Senate/Rivers tax increases, such as her gas tax/tab fee increases; we have the next set of legislative tax increases threatening us. We are all facing massive property tax increases on top of gas tax and tab fee increases, county property tax increases, city tab fees and increases, and every other imaginable fee increase.
To those in love with the education plant, none of that matters.
The problems are many, but the biggest problem is that it's never enough. They squeeze and squeeze and squeeze until the turnip is completely dry with no blood left.
And instead of stepping back... and focusing on WHY this insanity lost... the supporters uniformly beat up those who opposed it, doing everything from question their sanity, to questioning their morals.
Who does that convince?
It convinces the opposition to galvanize and work harder to cause any effort to get more money to fail.
Again.
And when it fails, the cycle will be repeated: it won't ever be the district's fault in the eyes of the bond supporters... it will ALWAYS be the fault of the voters who were too stupid, too uncaring, too selfish or who simply didn't know better.
After all... who cares that the voters also have their own bills to pay?
In this case, it was horrific timing that this bond came out at the same time the Rivers Property Tax Explosion took place. But those demanding their pound of flesh could care less. As the comments above show... supporters think those who oppose their view are morons.
Well, maybe. But the morons prevailed.
C'est la guerre.
I blame it on the bullshit supermajority. The majority spoke. That is enough. It’s what our Nation was founded on.And this was just from one post.
My heart hurts 💔 for BGPS!!! Voters.... you had 1 job!!!! And you FAILED miserably!!! I am PRAYING 🙏🏼 the ballots left to be counted swing the almost 4% needed to pass but it’s not looking good!
I just don’t get it! With THOUSANDS of new homes and apartments come kids..... and our current schools are already massively overcrowded!!! When does the bond just get forced to happen??? These kids are the FUTURE!!! And I hope those that voted NO on this end up sitting someday with a dirty adult diaper in an overcrowded elderly facility with no one to help your sorry butt because you didn’t give these kids the money for the proper facilities, tools, resources, and technology TODAY to learn how to wipe your butt to begin with!
Yep. It’s pathetic. I wonder how many no voters have kids at the schools that aren’t overcrowded or falling apart. And how many no votes are from people who don’t have kids. I honestly couldn’t sleep at night if I voted no. No sense of community.
And these same people will be complaining about "kids these days" and posting about how some teenager stole a lawn ornament from their yard. A healthy community begins with education. We all benefit!! I'm sad the community is so short sighted.
Yep, in overcrowded collapsing buildings...oh and probably by shifting boundaries and taking kids out of their neighborhood schools - great solution...
I understand there are 3 kinds of people. Those who live in the past. Those who live in the present. Those who live in the future. Not enough people care about the future.
Pat Jollota Might teach them how to duck and roll, seek shelter, etc as the building comes down around them. Valuable life lessons right? Edit: *please read this in a sarcastic tone*
Better education isn’t going to matter if there’s black mold growing in the schools where they’re getting said education so they get sick and die????
If you vote "no" on a bond or a levy, then you want kids dying in the streets, you don't care about your community, kids will be dropping out left and right because, you know, MONEY SOLVES EVERY PROBLEM A SCHOOL DISTRICT FACES.
Except it doesn't.
Along with all of the past GOP Senate/Rivers tax increases, such as her gas tax/tab fee increases; we have the next set of legislative tax increases threatening us. We are all facing massive property tax increases on top of gas tax and tab fee increases, county property tax increases, city tab fees and increases, and every other imaginable fee increase.
To those in love with the education plant, none of that matters.
The problems are many, but the biggest problem is that it's never enough. They squeeze and squeeze and squeeze until the turnip is completely dry with no blood left.
And instead of stepping back... and focusing on WHY this insanity lost... the supporters uniformly beat up those who opposed it, doing everything from question their sanity, to questioning their morals.
Who does that convince?
It convinces the opposition to galvanize and work harder to cause any effort to get more money to fail.
Again.
And when it fails, the cycle will be repeated: it won't ever be the district's fault in the eyes of the bond supporters... it will ALWAYS be the fault of the voters who were too stupid, too uncaring, too selfish or who simply didn't know better.
After all... who cares that the voters also have their own bills to pay?
In this case, it was horrific timing that this bond came out at the same time the Rivers Property Tax Explosion took place. But those demanding their pound of flesh could care less. As the comments above show... supporters think those who oppose their view are morons.
Well, maybe. But the morons prevailed.
C'est la guerre.
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