|
MEASURE G IS MERELY PHASE II OF WHAT IS DESTINED TO BECOME A NEVER-ENDING SERIES OF “ADDITIONALLY PHASED” BOND MEASURES! |
|
|
Welcome to the Silicon Valley Property Taxpayers’ Association - Measure G Isn’t Enough to Do the Job portion of our Web Site. The district implies $90 Million more will do the job insofar as addressing its most urgent and critical facility needs. But it will not! Proponents assert Measure G “provides...long-term facilities planning for the Campbell Union High School District” [“the district”]. But what about former Measure C? Wasn’t it supposed to do the same job? Now the district admits the $95 Million of former Measure C was never “intended to address all [of its long-term] facility renovation” needs. Rather, it only intended to fund “the first phase of upgrades.” Thus according to the district, Measure G only funds “the next phase of [its allegedly most urgent and] critical facility repairs.” Well our question is what about the third, fourth, fifth, etc. phases? To those of the opinion there won’t be additional phases, consider the following: The district’s formal Resolution Ordering an Election [which hopefully is included in the voter’s pamphlet] admits “certain of the projects described [therein] may [very well]...not be completed [which] in such case bond money will be spent on only the most essential...projects.” If Measure G funds were sufficient, there could be no possibility that the enumerated projects might not be completed; correct? So the fact such possibility exists, is another way of saying Measure G funds are insufficient. In its summary of the projects Measure G is earmarked to fund, the district refers to a “wish list” of projects. We’ve asked the district to come up with the total cost for all projects included in its Master Plan so we can get a better handle on how many more bond measures we’re going to be subjected to in future years [e.g., what’s the par on this hole]? Either it can’t [or won’t]! Notwithstanding, by examining the list of projects which are generalized in Exhibit “B” of the district’s formal Resolution Ordering an Election [which again is hopefully included in the voter’s pamphlet]; and using one’s common sense; one does not need to be a rocket scientist to quickly realize that the district’s “plans” are so comprehensive that if adopted, they will likely cost property owners many HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE!
Finally, and this is the real “eye-opener,” the district’s Superintendent has admitted that even if “100% of...funding...not required for...special purpose programs and personnel-related costs [i.e., employee salaries and benefits] were annually devoted to facility and equipment maintenance, renovation and replacement costs, the district could not [even] begin to cover the expense associated with these hard [facility] needs. Not 20 years ago. Not today!...[According to her,] the bottom line is that...the district’s only practical option for funding these needs [is]...through [a never-ending series of new]...local bond measure[s].” What the Superintendent is really telling the public is that because the district has chosen to spend 83% of the hundreds of Millions we’ve given on employee salaries and benefits, it has no money left over for facility maintenance and repairs. Therefore whenever major capital repairs and improvements can no longer be avoided, there will be a single source for the money; a new bond measure which is paid for by property owners ONLY! So what do you think about an agency of the State that views Measure G as merely “phase two” of a never-ending series of bond measure after bond measure? Is this the reason you voted for former Measure C? Is it the program you intend to ratify by voting for Measure G? If your answer to these questions is “no,” we urge you to VOTE NO! Should you have questions or comments, please address them to Silicon Valley Property Taxpayers’ Association at: |
