No on Measure L

Is Porterville Unified School District’s Measure L Bond on the March 3, 2020 ballot necessary?

The answer is no. Let’s look at the facts. The last time that Porterville Unified successfully passed a bond measure to raise local property taxes was in 2002 (18 years ago). In the meantime, two other bond measures were placed on the ballot and failed. Why did the bond measures to raise local property taxes fail? It is because the working class of Porterville have examined the facts for themselves and discovered that there were other options available for completing various major school construction projects and routine maintenance. During one of the previous failed bond measures, Porterville Unified claimed that bond funding was needed to replace outdated modular classrooms because of inadequate air conditioning and other problems causing health related illnesses with new state of the art twostory classroom buildings at Belleview Elementary, Monache High School, and Porterville High School. Porterville Unified claimed that the construction projects could not take place without the additional funding from local property owners. After the bond measure failed, Porterville Unified amazingly found funding from other resources and built the new two-story state of the art classrooms on each campus.

Again, just look at the facts. After each of the last two bond measure failed at the ballot box, Porterville Unified completed the construction projects and routine maintenance anyway. As in the past, if the bond measure fails, Porterville Unified will seek funding from other sources. There is no reason for the local property owners to see an increase in property taxes to pay for the school district construction projects and routine maintenance. I encourage each voter to review the facts for themselves and make an informed decision before casting their ballot at the ballot box. Dr. Michael Hixon Porterville Unified School District Parent