Reaction mixed on Measure G

If approved by the people voting on June 6, Measure G will authorize $128 million in general obligation bonds to be issued by the Las Virgenes Unified School District. When I asked what the total cost would be to the taxpayers to service the $128 million bond debt, the deputy superintendent would not give me an amount.

The summary report estimates that more than $14.5 million is to be spent for items such as computers, phone equipment and software. That would mean the taxpayers are to finance and pay for items for 25 or more years which will be out of date and need to be replaced in five years or less.

Should you buy a computer, television or phone and finance it for 25 years or more and obligate your children to pay for it over a quarter of a century?

We cannot keep going in debt for items that will not be usable for at least as long as it takes to pay for them. There are better ways to meet the cost of providing needed day-to-day government services than using the "government credit card."

Go to the polls and vote no on Measure G. Don't make future generations pay for our mistakes. Thomas E. Hanson Calabasas

I take issue with the recent letter you printed by Tim MacAndrew, who obviously has not had kids in school lately and lives still in the Bronze Age.

He states that "frivolous items" are digital TVs and WiFi networks. And Ethernet is not necessary. And cardio rooms are not important.

Well, seeing that there is barely any sports up to high school in the district and we have a lot of obesity issues countrywide I think it's a great idea. Also, almost every parent I know wants to know why our schools (not our kids) are so behind in the online world. There are almost no homework assignments or curricula posted online for parent reference as in most other schools. And try calling a guidance counselor and finding out your kids' grades, or their homework, or anything else that is commonplace for most people to find at their Internet fingertips.

Our schools are in the Dark Ages when it comes to computers, the Internet and how they can help the kids have a better education. Howard Benson Calabasas