Vote on August 3rd: SFCC Bond Election

Another Day - Another Tax
The Santa Fe Community College wants your money.

You are asked to vote on this bond issue August 3rd.

This is what you need to know.

To All Santa Fe County Patriots,


Please be aware of the upcoming $35 million Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) bond issue to be voted on by Santa Fe County residents on August 3, 2010. To find your polling place, go to http://www.co.santa-fe.nm.us/clerk.

While the intent of SFCC in wanting to make 4 year+ college education more affordable and accessible to local students is laudale, the current package of projects included in the bond issue is a laundry list of expenditures that are not all financially sound, nor necessarily support the primary goal.

Why is SFCC not building the Higher Education Center at its' Richards Avenue Campus where it already owns plenty of land, instead of buying land downtown from the State?

How is $7 million of roadwork on SFCC property supposed to relieve traffic congestion in and around the campus, when the city/county have no plans to improve feeder roads into the campus area?

How is the expenditure of $7.5 million to convert to solar energy supported when it only produces an energy savings payback of $465,000 per year? At this rate, the payback will never be achieved.

Though they are correct when they say this bond issue "may " reduce the current per mill SFCC portion of our property taxes, they do not say this per mill portion would go down dramatically if the bond issue is defeated, as current and existing general obligation bonds mature. These are just some of the things that make this Bond Issue questionable.

It's too bad SFCC did not cut or remove entirely some of these extraneous project to lower the overall amount of $35 million, to make this bond more fiscally responsible and truly supportive of its' goal, and held this vote on November 2.

But as it stand now, in its' current form, please consider a vote of " NO " on August 3

I urge you all to be aware of this bond issue election, get educated on its' content, and vote on August 3, making your own decision. BUT please get out and vote!!!!!!! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!.

To find out more about the bond issue you can go to www.votesfcc.com

In these type of elections even the smallest numbers can prevail. Please vote!!!

" America is not a country of the majority, but a country of the majority who participate"

---Thomas Jefferson