In case you’ve been under a rock these last few days, some interesting emails have come to light regarding the upcoming HP bond package up for election. Take a look at the DMN‘scoverage, and mull it over for a bit. Thoughts anybody?
Would you obligate yourself to pay for an unlimited interest rate
loan and agree to buy a house with no plans and no obligation on the
part of the builder to even procure the land and build it? That is
exactly what the Board members want you to do – in spades!
The actual ballot language approved August 18, 2015 by the HPISD Board
of Trustees from the Board’s regular meeting agenda & minutes for
the November 3rd ballot:
“THE ISSUANCE OF $361,400,000 BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND EQUIPMENT OF SCHOOL
BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT AND ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY THEREFOR,
AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF”
If the Board of
Trustees actually intends to spend the bond funds as their marketing
materials suggest, why would they intentionally make the ballot
proposal vague enough that they could spend it without doing ANYTHING
listed in the bond marketing materials as they have done in the past?
The language on the ballot for the HPISD 2015 bond election is similar to bond election ballots of other school districts. For example, the ballot language for the Duncanville ISD 2014 bond election reads: “The issuance of $102,545,000 of bonds by the Duncanville Independent School District for the acquisition, construction and equipment of school buildings in the district and levying the tax in payment thereof, including the costs of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds”
In fact, the ballot language for the HPISD 2015 bond election is very similar to the language used in the HPISD 2008 bond election:
“The issuance of $75,400,000 bonds for constructing, improving, renovating and equipping school buildings and acquiring real property and the levying of a tax in payment thereof.”
Would you obligate yourself to pay for an unlimited interest rate
loan and agree to buy a house with no plans and no obligation on the
part of the builder to even procure the land and build it? That is
exactly what the Board members want you to do – in spades!
The actual ballot language approved August 18, 2015 by the HPISD Board
of Trustees from the Board’s regular meeting agenda & minutes for
the November 3rd ballot:
(https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?ik=37421739#page=2):
“THE ISSUANCE OF $361,400,000 BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND EQUIPMENT OF SCHOOL
BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT AND ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY THEREFOR,
AND THE LEVYING OF A TAX IN PAYMENT THEREOF”
If the Board of
Trustees actually intends to spend the bond funds as their marketing
materials suggest, why would they intentionally make the ballot
proposal vague enough that they could spend it without doing ANYTHING
listed in the bond marketing materials as they have done in the past?
(http://www.hpisd.org/2015Bond/BondDetails.aspx)
There are still NO drawings (not even high level) for the buildings, they have been promised since approximately March 2015
The voters will have to vote for the bond and pay taxes for it long before they will find out what is in it…
The language on the ballot for the HPISD 2015 bond election is similar to bond election ballots of other school districts. For example, the ballot language for the Duncanville ISD 2014 bond election reads: “The issuance of $102,545,000 of bonds by the Duncanville Independent School District for the acquisition, construction and equipment of school buildings in the district and levying the tax in payment thereof, including the costs of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds”
In fact, the ballot language for the HPISD 2015 bond election is very similar to the language used in the HPISD 2008 bond election:
“The issuance of $75,400,000 bonds for constructing, improving, renovating and equipping school buildings and acquiring real property and the levying of a tax in payment thereof.”
Historical election results and ballot language is available online at http://www.dallascountyvotes.org/election-results-and-maps/election-results/historical-election-results/#ElectionResults.