Statements appearing in the official county voter information guide:
Argument Against Measure E
Just this past March, voters rejected Patterson Joint Unified School District's proposed school bond measure for $32,500,000.
Did the district get that message?
Not only has the district rejected voters' clear instruction by coming back to us proposing school bond debt again—but the new amount is more than double!
Do you appreciate that?
The district says they want to "build new classrooms"—but enrollment has been declining—down 3.7% since school year 2016-17.*
Does that make sense to you?
Instead of building un-needed classrooms, perhaps they should focus their attention on reversing their dismal academic performance. In this district:
• 39.3% of students are below grade level in English.
• 81.09% are below grade level in math.*
(2020-21; most recent available data)
The district is failing at their only job—educating—yet they actually want you to reward them with new classrooms.
Does that make any sense to you?
If not, vote NO on Measure E.
Simply put, bonds are debt inflicted on current and future (30+ years) taxpayers (both homeowners and renters).
Vote NO to reinforce our message sent in March, that the district should prioritize delivering quality education to our children, not saddling them and our grandchildren with 30 years of loans ... especially when soaring inflation is taxing our family budgets, and when California's state government has an estimated $97,500,000,000 budget surplus!
Tell the District, "NO MORE DEBT! NO MORE TAXES!"
Bond debt burdens makes housing less and less affordable, while doing nothing to improve the actual quality of education delivered to our children.
You can be FOR children, FOR teachers, FOR schools—and AGAINST 30-year bond debt burdens.
Please vote NO on Measure E.
Want more information? SVTaxpayers.org
* Source: Education Data Partnership (Ed-Data.org)
Mark W.A. Hinkle
President: Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association
Joe Dehn
Chair: Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County