[quote author="norcaljeff" date=1240126447][quote author="Geotpf" date=1239927442][quote author="norcaljeff" date=1239882593]Those are 30-year bonds folks, they don't "expire" and each time you vote for a school bond because it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside or your wife browbeats you into voting for it because she's a teacher and she barks out "schools never get govt funding," then you can just blame yourselves. That's right, I just fingered about 90% of you because that's about what the voting results look like after each bond measure on the ballot. And each time you look at your property taxes and expect to see a 1% fee on assessed value, well, that's not quite true. Each bond you voted for will be forever charged on your property bill. Now get back to work! You have a lot of taxes and fees to pay, for crying out loud you're a Californian, so act like one.</blockquote>
Well, <strong>somebody</strong> has to pay for schools. They don't build themselves.</blockquote>
They don't fund themselves? Are you freaking kidding? Yep, you are one of those voters I was talking about. You need to start reading and paying attention to taxes and the laws passed by the morons you are voting for. It's already mandated that K-12 alone gets 50% of the entire state budget. That does not include the UCs, the CSUs or the community colleges. So Geotpf, schools already get more funding than anything else, so that's how they are funded. Please do us all a favor and educate yourself before making such naive comments on public education and tax policies.</blockquote>
I think you need to consider the type of schools that Irvine parents demand. They are not satisfied with the run down facilities that most of us have grown accustomed to. Yes, I would say that the state money from the budget that is used for education SHOULD be enough. It should be enough for classes of 35-40 students, crumbling yet maintainable structures and the massive amount of waste that the state requires. It is not enough to match the expectations of Irvine parents and consequently, they have to pay for it.