SCHOOL LEVIES: Say no

I am responding to a letter written by Lindsey Barber on Feb. 8. There are several problems with her support of school levies. She said, “Passing this levy will not increase your property taxes.” Think about that. Just in the Coeur d’Alene School District, they are going to give $25M ongoing, and a five-year $8M for facilities. Unless they slash their budget (which is very unlikely) that money has to come from somewhere. They can’t just create the money out of thin air; therefore, our property tax has to go up to generate funding.

She also said, “Strong public schools build strong communities.” I don’t believe that’s true. It probably was true way back then, but now our public schools are very different. Look at California which has highly funded, strong, public schools. Do they have strong communities? I don’t believe that’s true. They have so much crime there compared to here, and the homeless are taking over some of their cities. Does that sound like strong communities? You may ask yourself, “Is he against giving our children a good education?” No, I am all for giving children a good education, if it’s done in the right way.

However, now the schools are teaching children critical race theory, evolution and ungodly curriculum. I will vote yes for the levy only if our schools return to teaching good and Godly education. So, please stand with me, and say no to the school levies.

JAMES SEELEY

Athol