I know this is an old thread, but it brought something to mind. I too have always voted for things that I believed may benefit the children in my community, although I have no kids, myself. Until about 12 years ago, that is.
The local High School, Indian River High claimed they needed several million dollars to build a new school. The old school, built in the 1950s was too small and developing constant and costly maintenance issues. I, among many other residents, voted for the funding. Well, a couple years passed, and all they did was surround the school with trailers. People complained, and we were told that the trailers were temporary, there until construction was finished. A year later, still no construction. People complained. We were told that because of other "changes" made elsewhere in the city that money had to be reallocated to other areas. They built a new school in the Greenbriar area (Read-more affluent.). And that a new school bond would have to be raised if we wanted the Indian River situation adressed. I smelled bullshit, and voted against it, but enough people voted for it that it passed.
To shorten the story up, that was twelve years ago.
The damn trailers are still there. They still call for a school bond vote every year, and every year it gets killed. The sad part is that it's different people on the board now. But, because of the crap their predecessors pulled, the school will probably never get built.
And who knows where in the hell all of that money went? Probably to build the school over at Edinburgh Commons, an even wealthier neighborhood.
And before you guys get started, this is Virginia. One of the Reddest of the Red states.
And that's how things are done here. One of the first thing I was told when I moved here in '86, from California; "This is a Commonwealth State. That means, if you aint wealthy, they gonna treat you common as shit."
Regards,
Dave
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