2 thoughts on “RE: Anonymous Emails About Bond Package

  • October 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm
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    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…

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    • October 6, 2015 at 10:39 am
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      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.

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