Tanya-2 Wrote:
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> 77 million dollars.... hmmmmmm....
>
> that's more than enough to hire at least a few
> hundred new teachers(highly-qualified teachers, of
> course) for the Fairfax County public schools...
I only see $65 million --
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/2008bond.htm
But I agree, in principle.
However, I don't deny that we do need to maintain our parks and recreation facilities, I just question why we should take on debt right now, when the county has a $58 million shortfall.
The issue of teacher pay and why the school board thinks this is a good time to build a new office building for the school board when kids are sitting in trailers on the playground is different.
Well, okay, maybe not. Maybe it shows how systemic the problems in this county really are.