Californians are fighting just to pay their bills. Bonds are NOT free money, like politicians want you to think. That's right, using bonds almost doubles the cost of any government project. Instead of biting the bullet now, politicians want our kids and grandkids to pay the bills. Of course we all want good schools.
Taxpayers already fork over income taxes, sales taxes and property taxes to finance schools.
There should be plenty of money in each school district's regular budget to pay for needed projects and maintenance. The government has a monopoly on public education. It takes our taxes and offers us a school system that doesn't face hard competition. Overworked teachers who must deal with too many administrators and too much paperwork cannot educate students well. Parents who can afford to do so flee the chaos of California's public schools to get a quality education for their kids in private schools.