No on Measure H6

I urge Oak Park voters to reject Measure H6 as excessive, much as they rejected Measure B6 in the last election.

Contrary to what some advocates of H6 seem to think, opponents of H6 want a bond measure to repair Oak Park Schools, but one which is reasonable and necessary and that ties the hands of the school board to spend the money as proposed (as would have been the case had the board sought a bond that requires only 55 percent approval to pass).

The fact that the superintendent, with the board's knowledge, would allow PTAs to solicit funds for school programs and then use those funds for bond measures does not provide much assurance that the superintendent and board will spend the bond money as they are representing to Oak Park taxpayers.

The superintendent and board should not criticize Oak Park parents when they reject excessive wish lists. The superintendent and board need to respect the fact that if they are asking Oak Park residents to take real money out of their pockets for the benefit of our children, the money should be used only for the benefit of our children and not so the district can build buildings it cannot afford to staff (such as the proposed culinary institute at the High School).

Oak Park voters are being asked to approve taxes that current kindergartners will still be repaying at age 30 if they decide to settle in Oak Park. The costs of repairs needed for the benefit of Oak Park students is less than half of the $71 million H6 seeks. Kenneth Kossoff Oak Park

If you want your school district to be governed the way your country is being governed in Washington, then H6 is right for you.

You'll like the H6 campaign if you like the following: being told a false reason for major undertakings; falsehoods about taxes; dousing problems with 10 times the money truly needed; borrowing money to be repaid by your grandchildren; government doublespeak-a new building is not a new building if it is a replacement building; granting the same benefits to outsiders as to legal residents; campaign financing by no-bid profiteers; using fear to stifle opposition; commandeering the resources of the "little people" to do the dirty work.

You can't control Washington, but you can control the OPUSD. If you want Oak Park to be run like Washington, vote yes; if you want common sense to prevail, vote no. Glen Wilcox Oak Park