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Questions for school bond supporters This letter by Bill Bodden of Redmond was submitted to The Redmond Spokesman in February 2004 First of all, I would like to commend The Redmond Spokesman for the excellent work it has done regarding the school bond. This is continuing evidence of the importance of fair and balanced newspapers in maintaining our democracy. Now I would like to pose some questions to people pushing the school bond: What, if anything, did you do to get the current unfair law on system development charges (SDCs) changed so that cities can collect these revenues to fund new school construction required because of growth? Mercifully, the city council and the school board have finally gotten around to recognizing the obvious, but what about Citizens for Quality Schools and their supporters? You must know by now that if this school bond passes the increases in taxes will have a punishing effect on the poorest among us. What, if anything, have you done or plan to do to relieve them of this additional burden that they can ill afford? In this regard, what do you tell your children if, in an unlikely event, they ask about how people in poverty will fare if they have to help pay for their new schools? Do you tell them not to worry and that is their (the poor’s) problem? What do you think of when you recite "with liberty and justice for all" in the Pledge of Allegiance? People in poverty enjoy little, if any, liberty and their situation is compounded cruelly by laws and taxes that are unjust. What evidence (beyond faith) do you have that the bond money will be spent wisely and well? Back to Education Home Page Back to Schools Home Page |
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