the board was voted in to follow the wishes of the taxpayers of the south bay. yet when the community asked for the issue to be put to a vote of the community the board stated it would be too expensive.

what one might find interesting though is the following, that same evening the board voted to hire a research person to 'feel out the community' as to the likeliness of them voting for yet another bond issue to improve schools. now this bond issue they are willing to pay money to put on the ballot.

as one of the community members stated "my grandchildren will be going to school is a tp before i ever vote for another bond issue for sweetwater". i agree, this district squandered away millions on prop o, they were under investigation by the grand jury for prop bb - and now they want yet more bond money?????

last months meeting they were looking to vote on BORROWING prop o funds, and now we learn that due to their mismanagement all of the work promised to be done on our schools can not be completed because they are running out of money. $644 million dollars is alot of money folks, that was the price tag of prop o.

well lets see, IF the management company would not have contributed $22,500.00 to jim cartmills recent campaign, or $10,00.00 to arlie ricasas recent campaign, or *$16,000.00 to john mccanns recent campaign perhaps some of those monumentally expensive change orders might not be so high. or perhaps several of the contractors hired for the projects would not have needed to be fired before their projects were complete. the shoddy work that put students at risk, would never have been an issue. all at the hands of a management company that 'the gandara' and bonny garcia fought so hard for.

*(see registrar of voters website for confirmation)

you see down here in sweetwater land, it is all about 'whats in it for me' - not what is in it for the students.

truth be told the majority of these board members see their board member positions as a rung on their ladder to success in the political world. ricasa ran for the assembly, quinones ran for the assembly, mccann had aspirations of mayor of chula and assembly.

they have failed to lead, and they have failed to act in the best interest of our students and tax dollars. it is time for them to go.

oh, if only bertha lopez would have been named president of the board - every fiber of my being tells me we would not be in the mess we are in today.

that ladies and gentlemen is what this board is attempting to do by failing to listen to the public AND PUT IT TO A VOTE - they are in fact looking to add one more member, the final member, to their club named 'WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME'. they want the ONLY REAL BOARD MEMBER BERTHA LOPEZ------------- OUTTA THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Visduh:

point well taken.

HOWEVER, i am posting in an effort to share my opinions, not really interested in my writing style taken seriously. my small case letters are synonymous with my name, annie j.

at least this way, next time you see a blog all in small case, you can simply skip down, rather than waste your time.

often times posters will go to extremes to hide their identity - many well educated persons who know my identity, find it amusing.

please know, NO OFFENSE MEANT.

Regarding Quinones she supported firing the district's general counsel and several other votes. Is there no hope for her?

It is so sad that the voters are being "played" by the Board in a lame attempt to "Do the right thing", when in reality it will only do the wrong thing for the Students!

Consider this Fix: (Congress is mentioned but the concept would work in South County also).

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:

     "I could  end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just
     pass a  law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more
     than 3% of  GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible
     for  re-election

     The 26th amendment (granting the  right to vote for 18
     year-olds) took only

     3 months & 8 days  to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people
     demanded it. That was in  1971...before computers, e-mail, cell
     phones, etc.

     Of  the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year
     or  less to become the law of the land...all because of public
      pressure.

     Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email  to
     a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask
      each of those to do likewise.

     In three days, most  people in The United States of America will
     have the message.  This is one idea that really should be passed
      around.