Nielson, Mark
Something smells and it's not landfill
February 06, 2003
Mark Nielson, Capistrano Valley News
The school district
(Capistrano Unified School District) is trying to convince the
public that its total disregard of the voters of San Juan
Capistrano is grounded in its total regard for voters who agreed to
tax themselves in 1999 to build more schools. I was one of those
who voted in favor of additional taxes for schools in 1999.
However, I am also one who voted no on Measure CC in 2002. Perhaps
the school district needs a remedial civics lesson that reminds
them what a vote of more than 50 percent of the populace means. It
is also basic civics that a vote in 2002 supersedes any vote from
1999, otherwise we would have losing incumbent politicians claiming
a right to stay in office because they got the majority vote in the
prior election. The utter absurdity of this position is evident to
all but those responsible for administering the civics education of
our children...