League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Santa Cruz County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
	Measure Z Bonds Aromas-San Juan Unified School District 55% Approval Required Pass: 12 / 66.67% Yes votes ...... 6 / 33.33% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure Z

Arguments Against Measure Z

Our students need your YES vote on Measure Z. A YES vote on Z improves the quality of education for your children in the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District. A YES vote on Z prepares your children for college and today's job market by upgrading science labs, classroom technology and teaching tools. A YES vote on Z replaces 20 year-old "temporary" buildings with up-to-date facilities without increasing your current tax rate. All monies raised by this bond will be used for your local schools + not one penny can be taken by the State; and by law, this bond money cannot be spent on administrative salaries. An independent citizen oversight committee and annual independent audits will make sure that your money is spent as intended. Measure Z allows students and teachers to focus on quality education by providing critical facility improvements at your local schools by: Upgrading science labs Providing modern technology and teaching tools to prepare our students for college and the job market Improving the quality of education by providing safe and modern facilities for all students Paying off outstanding facilities loan of approximately $1.9 million Attracting and retaining excellent teachers Measure Z makes financial sense and protects taxpayers. By law, spending of your money must be reviewed and approved by an independent citizens' oversight committee and audited annually. Funds can be spent only to improve your local schools, not on administrative salaries. Your current tax rate will not increase. Ongoing State budget cuts threaten local education. To improve local schools and attract and retain excellent teachers without increasing your current tax rate + Vote YES on Z Please join Cathy Alameda, Lou Fiori, Jeff Hancock, Mike Perez, David Swing and your Aromas-San Juan Unified School District neighbors: Vote YES on Measure Z. s/ Tony Alamdea Farmer s/ Bonnie Mahler Community Member s/ Cindy Lerma Director ABC Preschool s/ Alfonso J. Castaneda Restaurant (owner) s/ Jana Muņoz Marshall's (owner) Rebuttal to Arguments For VOTE "NO" ON MEASURE Z ! Taxpayers are still paying for bonds that do not mature for decades. If school officials need more money now they will issue these new bonds without delay because they can and the tax rate would increase, not stay the same like they claim. The District's Tax Rate Statement guesses the highest tax rate for just the new bonds could be "$52.73 per $100,000" of assessed value. But that rate could be higher because the Tax Rate Statement also says it's "not binding upon the District." There would be no real oversight of this bond money because the Citizens' Committee cannot cancel the debt, stop the sale of more bonds or require school administrators to payback your money if it's spent badly. Only taxpayers are held personally responsible for bond debt. Should your money be spent badly, school administrators would just ask you for more like they are now. No money from these bonds could pay for teacher salaries but the money spent proposing these bonds could have. Bond elections are very expensive. Many people are struggling to live within their means. This school district needs to do the same. Private schools raise money for "improvements" without taxes by providing a product people want. If voters approve these bonds, taxes will replace an incentive for this school district to do better because taxpayers would be forced to pay even if the school district performs badly. VOTE "NO" ON MEASURE Z ! s/ John Tresch Salinas Valley Taxpayers Union

Measure Z is a tax increase .. because bonds are like loans. Taxpayers must pay back the money with interest and it may take longer to payback than a loan to buy a house. This is what you are really voting on, if it is OK to add to debt owned by taxpayers. The debt would pay for real estate or improvements and could NOT be spent on teacher salaries. Measure Z taxes many people who are being denied a vote. This is wrong. The school board could have balanced this wrong with a two-thirds voter majority requirement but they did not. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association opposes any bond measure that does not include a two-thirds voter majority requirement. Taxpayers are already over-taxed, paying more and more taxes for out-of-control government spending. Real oversight requires personal responsibility if the money is spent badly. Measure Z only holds taxpayers responsible for paying the debt and does NOT hold school administrators personally responsible for their bad management. It's your money! Remember to vote "NO" on Measure Z. "No New Taxes!" For more information call, (831) 275-0829 s/ John Tresch Salinas Valley Taxpayers Union Rebuttal to Arguments Against NO REBUTTAL TO THE ARGUMENT AGAINST MEASURE Z WAS FILED.