Real school growth problem is development

Real

school growth problem is development

Here they come

again, this time looking for a mere $95 million dollars

to keep our schools running for another five years. When

will the politicians learn? We the taxpayers do not have

a pot of gold we can tap into whenever they have a whim.

Their first SPLOST request was defeated; why would a new

one succeed?

Instead of throwing more of

our money at the problem let's instead deal with the real

issue, that being that the runaway development that

continues in the county will bankrupt us all unless we

act now. The developers are busy counting their profits

while the average Joe or average Jane is forced to dig a

little deeper to help subsidize their profits. I don't

think so.

We must put into place a

sizable impact fee for all new development to help cover

the added costs those developments bring. Surely the

developers would understand that it is only fair that

they help pay the costs since they are the ones enjoying

the benefits of the build, build, build philosophy.

Let's face it - the

school system is very important, but that said, we still

cannot just keep paying and paying and paying. Now is the

time to stop and address the real problem, not just throw

millions at what is best a stop-gap measure.

Five years from now they

will come a calling again - how many more millions

will they ask for then?

Steve Fodor

Peachtree City

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