Truth is a pesky thing. For some, truth is allusive because lying is just so much more convenient. For others, truth is about all they have so we cling to it.
Last week, I offended some folks at the Romeo Community Schools by posting 5 suggested ways that they could save $2.1 million without a single person [...]
Written on June 3, 2008 | Posted in
Romeo News
I was at the Romeo school board meeting Monday night. From the moment I grabbed my agenda, made a cup of coffee, and sat down I felt like something odd would happen.
My feeling was correct. The meeting started off with a heated debate about agenda items and a rapidly approaching end time of 8:00 PM [...]
Written on February 13, 2008 | Posted in
Romeo News
With just a few days to go before the January 15th primary vote, we are getting regular information about the proposed renewal.
Yesterday I received a pamphlet from something called “Our Kids Count Committee.” (I can’t find any information online, anyone know anything about them?)
Here’s a sample of the scare tactics found in this pamphlet:
Will [...]
Written on January 12, 2008 | Posted in
Romeo News
The sinking fund renewal is still on the ballot for January 15th, 2008. I am asking anyone who lives in my school district to take 5 minutes to look into this issue for yourself. Let me cut to the chase, I think voting YES for renewing this fund is bad for Romeo. I think voting [...]
Written on December 29, 2007 | Posted in
Romeo News
The local school district continues to use the parental contact system to inundate voters with propaganda for their sinking fund vote on January 15th.
Here is the document they sent me 3 times tonight. 2008 sinking fund proposal
Personally, I am against this for a number of reasons.
They continually use a marketing trick on this document, [...]
Written on December 19, 2007 | Posted in
Romeo News