It looks like new leadership on the Wake County Board of Commissioners and school board is putting things on track for a fall 2013 school bond issue.
As noted in today's article, the leadership of both boards will meet Dec. 21 to schedule dates for four joint meetings of the full boards in early 2013 to discuss the bond.
The joint meetings have been on hold since Paul Coble, former chairman of the commissioners, canceled them following the firing of Superintendent Tony Tata.
“Hopefully everybody will see the need for a school bond issue,” said Joe Bryan, the new chairman of the board of commissioners. “There will certainly be frank discussions.”
Bryan said he contacted new school board chairman Keith Sutton last week about holding the leadership meeting. Bryan has been vocal about the need to get a bond issue on the ballot in 2013.
Bryan said he also wants to give time for the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, the group which historically leads efforts to urge public support of bond issues through the Friends of Wake committees, to get mobilized.
“We know there will be challenges,” Bryan said.
Bryan took exception to the statements that school board member Jim Martin made blaming the commissioners for mandatory year-round schools. Bryan said the planning assumptions for the last bond issue were jointly agreed to both boards.
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Hey Paul....
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 18:54 — willynillykeep an eye out on your mailbox. You and the other county members will be getting the same mailings I am sending some Federal people, too. The documents, signed by the players, look awfully suspect....at least in the opinions of the people who have already seen them. You know.......there is no better freedom that one feels than one who feels they have nothing left to loose!!!!! The risk in which this school system places this county by way of lawsuits and extremely bad publicity (the later a negative in winning support of voters in the bond issue) is one taxpayers can ill afford. Ah, you know what? I remember a training in a WCPSS school I had.....oh what was that? Ahhhhh, the Baldridge Business Model? I think that's it. Yeah....if you do well 10 people hear about it......if you do badly 20 people hear about it? So think hard when you read this.......what if 1000 taxpayers get this mailing in their mailbox!!!!!
Glad you have "nothing left
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 19:17 — shank56Glad you have "nothing left to loose."
IIRC, Russell Capps and
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 08:15 — shank56IIRC, Russell Capps and the Taxpayers Assn. were very vocal about the proposed bond and influenced their Repub counterparts on the CC to back YR calendars for all new school construction.
Hmmm...
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 13:30 — louiselee44I'm quite interested in knowing more about your statement that our County Commissioners are backing YR calendars for all new school construction. Could you please share with me where you got this information? Thanks...
The CC backed it in the last
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 14:28 — shank56The CC backed it in the last bond issue. Have no idea what they are thinking now.
OK
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 15:01 — louiselee44Thanks!
I do know that some of the County Commissioners are not "sold" on multi-track YR schools, largely because they are more costly (and not worth it if they're not full).
Thanks to this pathetic school board
Tue, 12/11/2012 - 08:25 — FSandYOUwith all their bullying and antics, I expect that Mr. Capps, and several other groups against, will be very, very vocal this time around.
This next bond has a slim chance, at best, and even with all the lies that will be generated by the fringe groups and their rich bullies, I expect this bond will be defeated soundly.
As it should be.