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Letters to the editor: Measure D, school bond and parcel tax initiatives, new artwork

Original post made on Mar 1, 2020

Letters to the editor from the Feb. 28 edition touch on the City Council's rent control Measure D, the Mountain View Whisman School District bond Measure T, Foothill-De Anza measures G and H, and new artwork in Redwood City.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, March 1, 2020, 7:02 AM

Comments (5)

Posted by Pat
a resident of Rex Manor
on Mar 1, 2020 at 11:29 pm

Measure T($259 million in borrowing) "will fund" whatever the school district later chooses - including drinks and higher salaries all around. Cheers!


Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 3, 2020 at 11:29 am

Sorry Pat - "whatever" does not match ANY of the facts surrounding Bond revenue limitations.

However - MVWSD Board President Wilson - you also appear to be unaware of the law! There is absolutely NO "will" check in the text of the Measure you voted to put up. There is no legally enforceable "Will" or "school" (or Oversight Committee direction) in the legal text of the measure. It is ALL at the complete discretion of a FUTURE Board majority how "the specifics" from the laundry list of projects will be actually chosen. The legal word President Wilson, (and citizens) is "may."

So your wonderfull list of bulletpoints, is a "may". The Foothill DeAnza Bond, Measure G, also is "may" not "shall" for any fraction that might have been legally prioritized.


Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 3, 2020 at 11:31 am

"will" or "shall" -
I'm such a poor speller that I should discontinue 'auto spell replace'


Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 3, 2020 at 11:38 am

Measure G. I agree with Ms. Shartwell / I voted for small parcel tax for community college district. Small in dollars and small in extent (5 years). Goes directly to General Fund for instruction, staff, student programs etc. IMO community colleges need more support than they have been recieving from the state over the last two decades.

(I also voted Yes on State Proposition 13, non-local-revenue facilities bond, paid state-wide)


Posted by The Business Man
a resident of Castro City
on Mar 3, 2020 at 10:45 pm

Well it does look like the city voted it down by almost a 2 to 1 vote ratio

Wow


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