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Sierra Vista override a ‘bargain’ at $11 a month

Published/Last Modified on Saturday, Oct 11, 2008 - 12:38:48 am MST

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To the Editor:

I went to Bisbee and voted early for the school bond override. I am retired and pay real estate taxes. I have no kids and no relatives in Sierra Vista schools, but someday maybe I can look down from heaven or a happy hunting ground and see what a bargain I got for just $11 a month.

Kenneth L. Hayden

Sierra Vista

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to numbers game wrote on Oct 23, 2008 1:02 PM:

" I don't know what you are calling a shack. Those numbers are based upon a house with an assessed value of 200K. The average assessed home value is 174K. Assessed values are approximately 75% of what you could sell your home for.
The money raised by the override funds the 56 positions (and some class supplies) that it is raised for. That $4.90 going to "other" is simply not true. "

Be Smart wrote on Oct 18, 2008 11:49 AM:

" Why not help the youth in the community? Why not? Man we are all American! You people will end up paying in the long run when the kids end up getting the "short end of the stick". God Bless you Kenneth. I wish you could speak some sense into these people who do not care about the youth of their own community. "

Winston Smith wrote on Oct 17, 2008 9:19 AM:

" Is it too much to ask that they submit an hoset budget? "

no override wrote on Oct 16, 2008 11:44 AM:

" if the "valuable arts and humainties classes" are cut then its the school board not fulfilling thier obligations. Art, music and pe are required subjects, football and volleyball are not. cut the extras and focus on the requirements. "

V. Free wrote on Oct 15, 2008 9:05 AM:

" I understand your frustration with the apparent lack of accountability of the School District. I also feel your pain about higher taxes and cost of living.And I believe that there needs to be some oversight as to how the override moneys are used.But think for a moment of the affect on the children. If the override does NOT pass, our STUDENTS are the ones who are left without valuable arts and humaities classes, counselors and librarians.If your child were hungry you would find a way to feed him, cost aside. Feed the children's minds, whatever it takes. It's important. "

sounds phoney wrote on Oct 12, 2008 11:33 AM:

" This voter displays how little he knows on the subject, yet he voted for it. Even wasted resources to do it. First off, it is not a bond, it is a direct tax, no bonds are issued. If his wasteful actions are a reflection of others for the override, then we can see why there is so much waste in the school district. VOTING NO! "

Name game wrote on Oct 11, 2008 7:09 PM:

" I think the name of what we are voting for is so accurate. Override, in other words they are doing it over and over, and riding us into the poor house. "

Leonidas wrote on Oct 11, 2008 6:54 PM:

" Another tax slave chanting for more. Please stop raiding my wallet and get on a budget like the rest of us poor slobs in the private sector where we can't point a gun at our neighbors like highwaymen and demand more money for our school spending addiction. "

billy g wrote on Oct 11, 2008 6:51 PM:

" This LTE just does not ring true. A retired man living on a fixed income drives all the way to Bisbee to vote early with the high price of gas and look the unnecessary gas burned and all the green house gases released. Just a terrible waste of our precious resources. Early ballots and the US mail would have been the effective way. The real deal here is this letter is a plant by the vote “yes” people just not believable. Yes I am a no voter taxes are high enough. VOTE NO OVERRIDE "

Winston Smith wrote on Oct 11, 2008 3:23 PM:

" It's not the money it's the ongoing incompitence. People who make more than the Governor should be able to handle a budget or take a pay cut. Cut out a layer of fat "

Concerned Citizen wrote on Oct 11, 2008 11:12 AM:

" Only people who dont care about their finances would vote for yet ANOTHER override. I voted NO because at some point this school district has to be held accountable for the way they spend money. This district thinks if you throw money at a problem it will automatically fix it. VOTE NO everyone! "

Ken wrote on Oct 11, 2008 7:32 AM:

" Not sure which override you voted for, but if it was Sierra Vista, $4.90 of the "$11" will not go to the classroom. Its even worse if you voted for the override in Tombstone. There, less than half of the $11 will go to the classroom. Neither sounds like a good use of my money. "

Numbers game wrote on Oct 11, 2008 6:14 AM:

" $11 a month, only 37 cents a day, about a cent and a half per hour. I am not figuring the seconds amount. $132 PER YEAR. That is if you live in a shack. "