The Wake County School System?s billion-dollar grab for money is getting uglier every day. Ann Goodnight?s comments have irritated Wake County voters, including me. Because 54% of Wake County voters say that they are going to vote ?no? on the bond, she states, ?It?s frustrating to me that people don’t get it. We’re supposed to be the third most educated city. It shouldn’t be an emotional issue.”
Ironically, it is the pro-bond group who don?t get it. The problem is not uneducated voters; it is informed, educated voters. Instinctively, we know anything that needs a $500,000 ad campaign to convince us that is good for us, really isn?t.
Like me, voters know that the WCSS not been a good steward of tax dollars. The argument that bond opponents don?t care about Wake?s children also doesn?t fly anymore. The system has no problem with bussing children across town or forcing students into year-round-schools, regardless of how it impacts families.
When school board members are asked about a contingency plan if the bond fails. They have no answer, which indicates that there is no contingency plan. It also indicates a lack of planning and efficiency (or is it arrogance) that voters often observe on the part of the school system. Fortunately, Wake voters are no longer like sheep that can be herded into a pen. I repeat it is the pro-bond group that does not get it, but the educated Wake voters do.
