Voters in Portland should start receiving their ballots in the mail today for the most important election of the year.
Rose City voters will get to decide on two VERY important measures (26-121 & 122) for our schools. The Portland Tribune has published a great editorial urging a YES vote on behalf of both measures:
Money for schools cannot be delayed
Without approval of the bond measure, which appears on the ballot as Measure 26-121, school buildings and classrooms within the district will continue to deteriorate.
The students already enrolled within the district will continue to attend outdated schools whose cost of maintenance and upkeep will either go unfunded or will compete with classroom teaching needs for the district's general fund dollars. The cost to do anything about these problems will rise into the future.
The case in favor of the operating levy, Measure 26-122, is even more immediate than the bond proposal. The operating levy would support the equivalent of 500 teachers at a time when the district is bracing for losses in funding from both the state and federal governments.
Don't Just Vote
Please show your support for our schools by changing your profile picture on Facebook. Progressive Oregon has released a great tool that with just a few clicks allows you to get the “I’m voting YES for Portland’s Schools” message overlaid onto your own photo!
http://progressiveoregon.com/...
It will just take 2 minutes and is a very easy way to make a difference for our kids!