10/01/04  Another DISD bond proposal?

You may be OK with this, but I am appalled that DISD is already considering another bond proposal. Currently, our highest local tax is DISD. 

Another DISD bond proposal?  Groppel says district needs more money to finish needed work September 28, 2004 By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News

Planning for Dallas schools' next bond election is on the horizon, DISD Interim Superintendent Larry Groppel said Tuesday.    Work has begun in the Dallas Independent School District with money from a record $1.37 billion bond program approved by voters in 2002 to pay for new schools and other improvements.    "Please don't be surprised if the board ... starts talking about a new program," Dr. Groppel told about 250 people at his state-of-the-district address at Westin City Center. ...

Other alternatives should be considered, such as requiring parents to subsidize their children's education. I realize this is extreme, but there are far too many kids from illegal aliens in our school system, and it is not going to decrease in the near future.  We few homeowners simply cannot support the masses who do not own homes nor pay they fair share of taxes while living in apartments which are not carried at market value on the tax rolls. 

		Gage Place Apartments located at 9850 Dale Crest  just south of Dale Crest and Park Lane averages an assessed value of $17 per square per Dallas County Appraisal District.
		Park Dale Garden Apartments located at 9701 Dale Crest  just south of Dale Crest and Park Lane has a average assessed value of $24 per square foot per DCAD.
		Homes in the 9900 block of Dale Crest average $70-$75 per square foot per DCAD.

This is a HUGE disparity between what the apartments pay vs.  homeowners.  Most of the kids going to Burnet Elementary in my neighborhood come from the apartments located near my neighborhood.  Not to mention, most of the crime in our area comes from the apartments located near my neighborhood.

As you can see there is far too much disparity between homeowners versus renters.  These apartments feed our surrounding schools thousands of kids.  The apartments in our area have multiple families living in one apartment -- meaning the overcrowding of schools is further exacerbated because these families have more children adding to the overcrowding problem. 

Some of you may have opposing opinions, but the few of us who own homes cannot keep supporting the masses who are not paying their share of property taxes.

I will not support another bond program until issues such as this are addressed. 

Mike Perry