Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
We Cannot Afford It Anymore!
RECEIVED Fri., April 23, 2010
Dear Editor,
The Position 9 (At-Large) Austin ISD board seat is a study in WTF choices [“'Chronicle' Endorsements,” News April 23]. Dianne T. Mendoza helps run Capital Metro. She has helped run that sinking ship into the ground. Bet she can't wait to get her hands on the AISD surplus! Tamala Barksdale, who works for some kind of parasitic consulting agency promoting "social media" (like we need more of that when people have lost the ability to talk to each other face-to-face), has promised to be the mad mom as an 800-pound gorilla in pajamas raising heck whenever there is a problem instead of using reasoned discussion. Be prepared for shouting matches and mud-wrestling if she gets in. Julie Cowan, career parent/bureaucrat when her kids are involved, already has issues with the new superintendent. Thanks for being open-minded and giving the new hire a chance, Ms. Cowan. Let me guess? She wanted to cut a program your "gifted" kids were in (the kids always are). I want to see a candidate that promises to rein in spending and stop boondoggles like the several-million-dollar performing-arts center. What is wrong with using a high school gym? Not fancy enough? We cannot afford it! Get it! We cannot afford it anymore! When does this out-of-control spending end?
The Position 9 (At-Large) Austin ISD board seat is a study in WTF choices [“'Chronicle' Endorsements,” News April 23]. Dianne T. Mendoza helps run Capital Metro. She has helped run that sinking ship into the ground. Bet she can't wait to get her hands on the AISD surplus! Tamala Barksdale, who works for some kind of parasitic consulting agency promoting "social media" (like we need more of that when people have lost the ability to talk to each other face-to-face), has promised to be the mad mom as an 800-pound gorilla in pajamas raising heck whenever there is a problem instead of using reasoned discussion. Be prepared for shouting matches and mud-wrestling if she gets in. Julie Cowan, career parent/bureaucrat when her kids are involved, already has issues with the new superintendent. Thanks for being open-minded and giving the new hire a chance, Ms. Cowan. Let me guess? She wanted to cut a program your "gifted" kids were in (the kids always are). I want to see a candidate that promises to rein in spending and stop boondoggles like the several-million-dollar performing-arts center. What is wrong with using a high school gym? Not fancy enough? We cannot afford it! Get it! We cannot afford it anymore! When does this out-of-control spending end?
JorgeGeorge Paez
