So, once again, the Battle Ground Bond failed.
As I analyze the loss, there are 3 primary reasons as I see it:
1. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.
The school district was sent a message with the failure of a few short weeks ago. They refused to receive the message and resubmitted the same ask as the one that failed... a mind-boggling number of $224 million.
The district had several other options they COULD have used, of course... but it was all or nothing for them. And in this case?
It was nothing.
What part of "no" did they not get?
2. The supporter-side were acting like Nazi's.
It's problematic when they walk all over the other side's concerns as if they're meaningless, attacking them as individuals and painting them as uncaring morons who, effectively, want children dead in the streets.
The main problem is that those objecting to this unconscionable ask had valid points of concern which made absolutely no difference to these people in their single-minded focus to crush the opposition and get more shopping malls built.
In short, the district wanted Cadillacs when the voters were willing to pay for Fords.
(NOTE: Supporters? Trying to build the "yes" side on the bodies of those slaughtered in Parkland? Not a good idea.)
3. Because of the betrayal of her district, Rivers' humongous property tax increase of many hundreds of dollars, frequently exceeding a thousand dollars, in one year... all for her fringe-left buddies in the WEA could not have come at a worse time.
There was no reason for any state education portion of property taxes to explode, save for the increases caused by Sen. Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers.
These huge, unconscionable increases by a fake Republican senator who then doubled down by blaming the county assessor for HER actions, killed any hope of a "yes" vote succeeding for the next several years. And much of the blame for that begins and ends with the concentric circle with Rivers standing in the middle.
This outcome was obvious the moment the property tax shock hit. But BGSD did nothing to factor that in as if the property taxes we're paying this year had not blasted off to the stratosphere over last year.
A more responsive, intelligent approach would have been to provide a menu of improvements based on urgency... and then trust in the voter to make the right decision.
But this effort clearly showed a lack of trust on the part of the school district and now?
Everyone suffers.
As I analyze the loss, there are 3 primary reasons as I see it:
1. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.
The school district was sent a message with the failure of a few short weeks ago. They refused to receive the message and resubmitted the same ask as the one that failed... a mind-boggling number of $224 million.
The district had several other options they COULD have used, of course... but it was all or nothing for them. And in this case?
It was nothing.
What part of "no" did they not get?
2. The supporter-side were acting like Nazi's.
It's problematic when they walk all over the other side's concerns as if they're meaningless, attacking them as individuals and painting them as uncaring morons who, effectively, want children dead in the streets.
The main problem is that those objecting to this unconscionable ask had valid points of concern which made absolutely no difference to these people in their single-minded focus to crush the opposition and get more shopping malls built.
In short, the district wanted Cadillacs when the voters were willing to pay for Fords.
(NOTE: Supporters? Trying to build the "yes" side on the bodies of those slaughtered in Parkland? Not a good idea.)
3. Because of the betrayal of her district, Rivers' humongous property tax increase of many hundreds of dollars, frequently exceeding a thousand dollars, in one year... all for her fringe-left buddies in the WEA could not have come at a worse time.
There was no reason for any state education portion of property taxes to explode, save for the increases caused by Sen. Ann "Gas Tax" Rivers.
These huge, unconscionable increases by a fake Republican senator who then doubled down by blaming the county assessor for HER actions, killed any hope of a "yes" vote succeeding for the next several years. And much of the blame for that begins and ends with the concentric circle with Rivers standing in the middle.
This outcome was obvious the moment the property tax shock hit. But BGSD did nothing to factor that in as if the property taxes we're paying this year had not blasted off to the stratosphere over last year.
A more responsive, intelligent approach would have been to provide a menu of improvements based on urgency... and then trust in the voter to make the right decision.
But this effort clearly showed a lack of trust on the part of the school district and now?
Everyone suffers.
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