I received my Sample Ballot for the upcoming November 3, 2009 election. I knew there was no presidential, gubernatorial or mayoral election this year, and I couldn’t think of anything else of importance I’d read about coming up on the ballot.
Salivating, I open up the booklet and there is was, the Official Ballot. Not bond measures, propositions, or County Supervisors up for election. Nope. It’s the Orchard School District Board Member election.
Santa Clara County Wasting Taxpayer Money Again
There are four names on the ballot that I can choose three from. That’s it.
The county paid just how much so I can vote for 3 board members for a school board that has a grand total of ONE school?
I need to buy reams of paper for my daughter’s classroom and send glue-sticks in her backpack, but they can spend thousands of dollars on an election that is borderline meaningless. Can they not have these office terms expire in years that “real” elections are held?
The City of Los Altos and Cupertino are also having similar elections, but Cupertino did it right, they also are letting their registered voters select the new Director for their Sanitary District.
I suppose I am the only one who thinks these elections are a waste of time and money, and since the voter turnout will likely be under 25%, we will have School Board members elected with 27 votes.
Maybe we can have a special election to eliminate needless elections. I’d vote for that.
Santa Clara County Election – Waste of Taxpayer Money
Thursday, October 15th, 2009I received my Sample Ballot for the upcoming November 3, 2009 election. I knew there was no presidential, gubernatorial or mayoral election this year, and I couldn’t think of anything else of importance I’d read about coming up on the ballot.
Salivating, I open up the booklet and there is was, the Official Ballot. Not bond measures, propositions, or County Supervisors up for election. Nope. It’s the Orchard School District Board Member election.
Santa Clara County Wasting Taxpayer Money Again
There are four names on the ballot that I can choose three from. That’s it.
The county paid just how much so I can vote for 3 board members for a school board that has a grand total of ONE school?
I need to buy reams of paper for my daughter’s classroom and send glue-sticks in her backpack, but they can spend thousands of dollars on an election that is borderline meaningless. Can they not have these office terms expire in years that “real” elections are held?
The City of Los Altos and Cupertino are also having similar elections, but Cupertino did it right, they also are letting their registered voters select the new Director for their Sanitary District.
I suppose I am the only one who thinks these elections are a waste of time and money, and since the voter turnout will likely be under 25%, we will have School Board members elected with 27 votes.
Maybe we can have a special election to eliminate needless elections. I’d vote for that.
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