The MISD School Bond and the never-say-yes naysayers

I've been following the MISD school bond election coming up on Saturday, May 14.

I've followed a lot of them.

So this time around, we've got still Joey and his goofy Ellis County Observer/Libertarian rantings that still pop up like clockwork whenever there's a school bond.

We've still got grumpy Duff Hale writing his usual grumpy letter to the local newspaper to say how bad the school bond is.

We've still got the mysterious "Concerned Citizens Against Higher Taxes" who refuse to identify themselves but don't mind pushing the same opinions as Joey and Duff .

Here's the gist of what these guys say, and they say it every single time a school bond election in Midlothian is put in front of voters:

They say the school bond is bad, bad bad.

But to these guys, it's not just this school bond that is bad. They think ALL school bonds are bad. To these guys, there never has been, nor will there ever be, a school bond good enough to vote for. Ever.

Each time a school bond is proposed, they use the same gimmick -- they complain and try to raise doubt and say more information is needed before voters should pass it.

It's a tactic. There will never be enough information that will please these guys enough so that they finally decide this bond, or any bond, is good enough to vote for. It will not happen. Ever.

EVER.

They are whiners. They are agitators. They are anti-public education.

They will mock anyone who dares say the school bond should be passed for the sake of the kids in the community. They will sarcastically criticize anyone who dares say: "Do it for our children."

I've said it to Joey and Duff and the Concerned Citizens Against Higher Taxes before:

It's about the kids, stupid.

If you can't do something good for the kids of a community, who ARE you supposed to do it for? The cement plants?

In Midlothian, what the cement plants want have been a priority over what the school kids need time and time again.

Not only that, but TXI has been known to actively, and successfully, work to defeat school bonds in Midlothian in the past, while at the same time reaping millions in tax "rebates" they receive from MISD school kids through TIRZ.

Leaders from TXI, Ash Grove, Texas Central Business Lines and others who benefit from TIRZ should have their names at the top of the "See Who Says Yes" list on the website local citizens put together in support of the bond, and their children's schools.

It's time -- it's PAST time -- that the corporate leaders of Midlothian do right by the school kids of Midlothian and help get this school bond passed.

It is well known that as the schools go, so goes the community.

But in Midlothian, for too long, as the industries go, so goes the community.


Vote YES for the Midlothian ISD School Bond

EARLY VOTING FINAL DAY May 10
Midlothian Conference Center
1 Community Circle Drive, Midlothian, TX 76065
May 10, 2011 - 7:00am – 7:00pm

ELECTION DAY VOTING
Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 7am-7pm
On Election Day, registered voters must vote at his/her assigned precinct.

Midlothian Conference Center
(Pcts. 101, 102, 107, 108, 111, 112, 118, 142)
1 Community Circle Drive, Midlothian, TX 76065

Ovilla City Hall
(Pcts. 103 and 137)
105 Cockrell Hill Rd., Ovilla, TX 75154