A collection of quotes from the community culled from Letters to the Editor, the Pleasanton Weekly Town Square Forum, heard off the street, and other sources.
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"The time has come for voters to say “no” to any more tax hikes for public schools until and unless voters get guarantees of reform." |
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"... it is wrong to give out pay raises to some staff members while others are losing their jobs." |
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"It is not right that PUSD is using our teachers and kids as pawns in their game to get more money." |
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"Their lack of oversight on the tax I'm already paying concerns me." |
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"We're against knee-jerk taxation. We're against costly special elections. We're against tax-happy administrators and unions trying to make this a referendum on how much we like or dislike our teachers." |
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"I am frustrated that they beg for more money and then turn around and give out raises." |
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"My taxes are already going up. I cannot afford any more. What are they thinking?" |
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"This parcel TAX (aka Measure G) remains a feel-good band-aid on undiagnosed trauma." |
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"Time to stop all tax increases. It's time to implement true structural reform." |
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"It isn't just $0.64 cents a day for four years, it's $18.4 million dollars." |
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"Threatening to cut Class Size Reduction is the heaviest emotional hammer in the tool box. Apparently a community survey and logical justification wouldn't be good enough to convince the community." |
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"I support our schools, I want to save our schools, and that is why I will vote NO on G." |
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"If this measure doesn't have any long-term solutions, I'm not going to vote for it." |
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"A parcel tax is a thinly veiled excuse to have access to a pot of discretionary funds." |
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"Opposition to measure G has nothing to do with teachers. It has everything to do with fiscal responsibility." |