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Emerson, OBVIOUSLY, your reading comprehension is flawed. Frank did a superb job of explaining how the bonds will affect Guilford citizens. He also explained how they not only level out payments, but how the payments diminish over time, due to structure of debt. Try reading it a little slower next time, and I'm sure you'll 'get it' then. As to the wild cards we get on our Commissioners, that is just a part of the price of doing business. When Steve Arnold leaves, I'm sure understanding will become clearer.

TLC, have you ever considered a discussion on this blog, rather than attacking and insulting those that do? Our act is rather stale. OBVIOUSLY, you didn't read Mr. Spivey's letter before launching your attack. We are still paying for the last school bond that was passed, and any new bonds along with more property evaluations will accelerate the property tax increases in this county. In case you missed it, we are in an economic downturn right now, and many people can not afford a double whammy of more taxes. Your beloved Dems have already promised that federal income taxes will increase next year on those that make as littel as $30,000 per year. (No, it's not taxes on the filthy rich.)

When this school district proves that it can educate children in class room cottages, then we can talk about building brick and mortar. It's in the education we should invest, not buildings. You'll have a harder time selling this bond than in 2003.

The supporters of the bond now have a website with very detailed $$$. It is very informative no matter your take on the issues. As usual at least some of the millions appear to me to be maintenance. This always confuses me a bit.

We all know the answer to the question above. I suggest we consider (individually) unofficial banishment to those who repeatedly indulge in personal attacks and insults. With no answers, responses or references to any post made by said offender. Im starting today... well after this post anyway.

The website is

ivoteyesforkids.com

Oak,
Funny how you "attack" me whenever there is a discussion, yet you cower and whine about me when your 'opinion' is challenged.
Sad.

Mick,

I might remind everyone of Terry Grier's comment at the time that 2003 bond money was diverted away from proposed projects on the bond list, i.e., Jamestown. He said that they never promised to do everything on the bond list. Simply, just because they list all of those projects, they have the discretion to use the money in any manner they please, once it is approved. Why do you think that they start wiggling when Eastern was placed on a separate bond? They wanted flexibility to use excess money elsewhere. There are no guarantees that the values that they place on each project is what it will actually require to do the project, if they actually ever do the project. All that is guaranteed is that they have a slush fund of $1/2 Billion. And, these people want unlimited taxing authority over us? I don't think so.

"cower and whine"

Oh, I'm so scared, TLC......

So, answer my last post about the board using bond money as they choose, not as "promised" in the bond list. Your great mentor, Grier, said that you never made a promise, so why should we trust you.

Grier as my great mentor is laughable, but then your fishing expeditions are even MORE laughable!
I totally agree with you about projects being used in bait and switch tactics. Problem is, you act as if that was a one time thing. If you cared to do a little research, you'd realize that several years ago, Skip Alston held schools hostage saying he wanted "new" schools built on his turf. Did we need any new schools there? No. Falkener, not to mention a few others still have empty seats galore, but that is what put school construction even further behind.

The last bonds issued, would have halfway alleviated the problem, but there were diversions (I disagree with them), but they had to happen due to certain things happening beyond control. Of course, under your rigid idea, certain schools would have been built, but to the
detriment of the whole system. I encourage you to become more of a "big picture" person than a "whose ox is being gored" kind of person.

You know, ORR, why don't you get involved in the bond meetings instead of taking your half truths as fact? I did, and it was an enlightening experience. If you have a civic club you belong to, invite Alan Duncan to speak. He can clear up many of your misconceptions and he is more than willing to elevate the discourse. If you rely on the Rhino Times then forget about the elevated discourse and just carry on with your current ideas.