Reject SPLOST, use leftover funds for schools

Reject

SPLOST, use leftover funds for schools

I am proud that Bill

Clinton did not get my vote when he ran for the office of

the presidency twice. I will be equally proud to vote

"NO" twice on the Board of Education

incompetency to legitimize their existence with an

alleged $90 million bond/sales tax option revenue

package.

The board

is recommending a $50 million bond issue and a $40

million debt obligation, and in private, the bond

advisors recommend this approach to tax our county's 21

percent senior population since bond payments and sales

tax are not exempt to this group. Note: Fayette County

citizens pay the bond issue and the SPLOST tax and not

citizens from other counties. Research can show Fayette

citizens will pay over 98 percent of the SPLOST sale

taxes. Our shopping centers are present for our economic

dollars and related profits. You are here for your homes,

family, life style, low crime, reasonable taxes, other

amenities and quality education.

Since 1967,

studies from governmental agencies and private industries

have projected the county's population to exceed 100,000

and possibly reach 200,000 well before the year 2000.

Since my residency in 1969, every time a new school

opened, projections and studies were ignored, trailers

became a way of life, construction delays became routine,

costs exceeded budgets and facility deficiencies were

hidden. So now $90 million is needed for education of

which 54 percent or $48,600,000 will be spent on

non-educational items like air conditioning, a gym, a

$500,000 football practice field, a new auditorium, a $3

million stadium, etc.

Fayette

County voters need to again vote down this $90 million

misuse of educational funds, prevent another Bill

Clinton, have new elections for responsible membership to

the board of education and maintain high academic

standards with a proper balance for sports activities. I

bet two or three new schools could be built with

$48,600,000 with funds left over for teachers' supplies

for their academic production of our children. Again vote

no, have new elections and build our school system right.

John M.

Feenaghty

Peachtree City