As a product of the Cheney School District, I believe we have a commitment to our youth. But not at the expense of fixed income senior citizens through poor planning by the school board.
The job of the elected school board is to be efficient and smart with our tax dollars, to plan and think long term. It seems to me that their first job is to get the state to pay for basic education. Buildings seem pretty basic to me.
Second it seems that a little planning on projected student growth would have been a good idea 10 or 15 years ago. Now the board wants to go to the taxpayers for their poor planning. So instead of moving forward with what the taxpayers voted a month ago, they choose to have a second election for over $30,000? What could have been accomplished with that money?
I say think of all the fixed income property owners that don’t get cost of taxation increases. How much blood can you squeeze from a turnip? Plus please stop using the guilt line of “It’s for the kids.” If you’re thinking about the “Kids” you wouldn’t have closed the Fisher Building or torn down the old junior high school.
I encourage you to vote no on the bond and vote out school board members as they come up for re-election. Running two votes within a couple of months is not “For the Kids.”
Chip Magnuson
Cheney
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