If only…
If only CMS responded to the current educational crisis like it it responding to the upcoming bond referendum. Like a well-oiled machine, our dollars are being used to try and insure a “YES” vote for school bonds. Radio spots, mailings and other propoganda found in the heart of a marketing machine.
If only…
- Educating our kids was the #1 priority.
- CMS responded to parents and the community at large with as much skill and haste.
- Common sense prevailed on the school board.
- Schools were built where the kids are.
- The bond package wasn’t stuffed with pork.
- The bonds were going to build new suburban schools SOON. 2008 is not soon enough.
- Someone would reprioritize the almost 200 million of approved, yet unissued bonds from previous referendums.
I can only hope, but as long as the CMS marketing machine continues to manufacture F.U.D. (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt), there is little chance for all of the above. The facts are out there people, the current administration would prefer to continue putting lipstick on the pig. They are spending our money to do it, and need to be held accountable. Help send a strong message on the 8th by voting NO on the bonds. Essentials can be funded with COP’s and will likely be done sooner than the bonds could provide for. Our children deserve better than this. CMS needs an infusion of business mentality, accountability and above all, common sense.