At 5:23 PM -0700 5/2/07, Mitchell Nussbaum wrote:
The Madison community has passed most of the referenda that the school
district has proposed, but it hasn't passed all of them. The high (though
not perfect) success rate is a credit to the voters, but also to the
District, which has tried very hard to avoid over-using this tool.
If ever there were a time to be bold & aggressive, this was it. I
think the majority of Madisonians realize that to trash the
neighborhoods that make Madison Madison (as opposed to some other
Rust Belt Tragedy like Rockford, IL or Flint, MI) would be a gross
mistake.
If the District called for a referendum to exceed spending limits to
retain walkable, small schools on the Near East Side, I'd vote yes, but I
suspect that it would be a very hard sell in some parts of the district,
especially around Leopold School.
What? You mean the school attendance area the isthmus turned out in
droves to support? This assumes the absolute worst in people.
If the referendum failed, the School Board would have to cut spending, and
they'd really need to let the voters know which items were on the chopping
block before the referendum. So my question does not pose a false choice.
Only if you mean assuming guaranteed defeat.
Or, as my favorite cartoon character always droned: We'll never make
it! It'll never work! We're allllll doooooooooooooomed!
-Mike
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