Comments on: When is too much enough? A look at schools, money and taxpayers

By: Bill Gore

Bill Gore — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:27:26 +0000

Across all functional areas of government, the universal refrain: “We don’t have the resources!”
I hear this EVERYWHERE. No one has the resources to really do thier job, but THEY STILL HAVE A JOB. And that is key. They still have a job, so they still must be paid. With annual step increases and COLAs, fringe and benefits (retirement, health, life insurance, DROP, etc etc, you name it). Throw in the contractors, designers and engineers and their elevated salary needs, and often not one penny will ‘hit the ground’ in the form of tangible improvements to plant and equipment. This is a real existential problem in states like California and New York, where the inmates are running the asylum, seen most acutely in education and roads. But the voters, trancelike, will always vote for the ‘kids’ and for ‘safety’. Everyone wants to think of themselves as loving kids and everyone wants to be ‘more safe’……And the roads crumble and the schools continue to disintegrate, till the next bond issue…..No accountability = no traction….

By: Dude

Dude — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:27:57 +0000

In reply to Jaysan. Actually, you should have said that it's obscene when you see how much cash we pour into this money pit and how little of it makes it out of the unions greedy hands.

By: Jaysan

Jaysan — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:11:08 +0000

Interesting article. It’s crazy the difference in the amount of money that goes into some school systems compared to others’ in different states.

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:55:20 +0000

In reply to Brady. Really??? And it has nothing to do with the hordes of illegal aliens dragging down the pace of learning to a standstill because they don't speak English??????

By: Brady

Brady — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 23:38:40 +0000

I believe that their has to be limitations when it comes to money going into our school systems. However, with two parents who are elementary educators, I have seen firsthand the impact that limited budgets can have on children’s learning.

By: Richard Michael

Richard Michael — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:05:37 +0000

I’m fighting the $485 million in new taxes here in Walnut Valley Unified School District.

The district’s selling point is that it won’t raise your tax rates. It believes that the voters are incredibly stupid. And it should know. It taught them.

The committee in favor is completely funded by school bond construction industry.

metrolinktrainriders.com/WVUSD/astroturf.cfm

It filed a false FPPC statement.

http://www.metrolinktrainriders.com/WVUSD/fppc-complaint.cfm

The SARCs for every school report that every school’s facilities are in tip-top shape.

http://www.metrolinktrainriders.com/WVUSD/reportcard.cfm

Yet the measure lists vague repairs and safety issues that, of course, must be taken care of.

http://www.metrolinktrainriders.com/WVUSD/ballot-question.cfm

I’m organizing a clearing house to help you fight these fraudulent bonds.

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender…” Winston Churchill

Call or text: 909-378-5401

By: Queeg

Queeg — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 06:29:47 +0000

In reply to Spurwing Plover.

Comrade

Vodka is the elixir of the masses……..prost!

By: Spurwing Plover

Spurwing Plover — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:28:29 +0000

Queeg. Shame on you for suggesting kids be allowed to drink dirty liqure

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:38:33 +0000

In reply to Rex the Wonder Dog!. Back in the ***1960’s and through most of the 1970’s,

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:37:51 +0000

In reply to Rex the Wonder Dog!. Back in the 190's and through most of the 1970's, construction workers earned double what a teacher did. Today a teacher earns 4-5 times what a construction worker makes, thanks to the CTA and illegal immigrants who have decimated the construction trades.