So far, the “Yes” campaign has raised $82,977.31—that’s about twenty times what a typical school board campaign costs in our district. Seventeen donors gave $1000 or more; those donors accounted for almost three-quarters of the total. They are:
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Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce |
$17,500 |
|
MidwestOne Bank |
$ 7,506.31 |
|
University of Iowa Community Credit Union |
$ 7,500 |
|
Hills Bank |
$ 7,500 |
|
Southgate Development Service |
$ 4,000 |
|
Gary Watts Real Estate & Development |
$ 2,500 |
|
Neumann Monson, Inc. |
$ 2,000 |
|
Hayek, Moreland, Smith, Bergus, L.L.P. |
$ 2,000 |
|
Arlington Development, Inc. |
$ 2,000 |
|
U.S. Bank |
$ 1,200 |
|
Houser Enterprises |
$ 1,000 |
|
RPB Properties, L.L.C. |
$ 1,000 |
|
Rohrbach Associates, P.C. |
$ 1,000 |
|
TLD, Inc. |
$ 1,000 |
|
Cedar Rapids Building Trades, CR/IC |
$ 1,000 |
|
Mark Moen and Bobby Jett (jointly) |
$ 2,000 |
The “Yes” side has spent $36,992.49. The “No” side has spent $814.48.
6 comments:
Building new schools and housing developments in corn fields attracts big money from developers and banks. Closing neighborhood schools in walkable areas in town makes no sense, but there's money to be made in urban sprawl. Too bad each bus to a far away school will cost as much as a teacher.
As they say, when considering a choice;
look to see who benefits from it.
It is pretty obvious who considers this bond to be a huge boon in their pocketbooks.
Wait, wait, wait. Yes has spent THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND? On what?!
It wouldn't happen to be a...consultant, would it?
Like maybe one employed by an architecture firm?
That might could maybe be bidding on bond-funded projects?
See now, this is why, when people come waving paper that says, "This school project costs X dollars," I say, "Who says?"
Thirty-six thousand dollars, in two months, to get at what might be 7-8K votes. That is some fancy marketing and some premium votes.
FOLLOW THE MONEY FOLLOW THE MONEY FOLLOW THE MONEY
This stinks to high heaven. It's sad how so many of the so-called "liberals" have become the boosters of Big Business in this town.
This is a case of tax payer subsidy and welfare for the banks, builders and architect design firms. It is not a natural growth. Rather, we are building more than we need--1700 more seats than projected, while the said projection is already inflated, we are wasting a whole lot of money already by tearing down a perfect good school, and we are building capacity where it is NOT needed. We mixed wants and needs and we hijack the voters with that mix. We are also giving an administration that has no transparency, has a culture of retaliation, and no accountability in managing such a huge amount.
This bond needs to fail.
Chris: am I correct in thinking that there is *no* cap on potential bond-related property tax rates in Iowa? TIA
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