Comments on: If at First You Don’t Succeed … http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/if-at-first-you-dont.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Tue, 22 May 2012 19:02:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cynthia Juedemann http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/if-at-first-you-dont.html/comment-page-1#comment-354 Cynthia Juedemann Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:40:38 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=1080#comment-354 Susan, That's certainly an interesting thought. I just may be able to look into that with the information I've collected. If I get around to looking, I'll definitely post about it. I agree, when voters say no, there's generally a reason. But, as I mentioned in my post, if the district listens, it may amend the proposal to appeal to voters. This type of negotiation is at least a step in the right direction. Thanks for the comment! Susan,

That’s certainly an interesting thought. I just may be able to look into that with the information I’ve collected. If I get around to looking, I’ll definitely post about it.

I agree, when voters say no, there’s generally a reason. But, as I mentioned in my post, if the district listens, it may amend the proposal to appeal to voters. This type of negotiation is at least a step in the right direction.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: susan http://www.showmedaily.org/2008/07/if-at-first-you-dont.html/comment-page-1#comment-350 susan Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:07:58 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=1080#comment-350 It seems to me that multiple failures of bond issues and tax levy proposals are messages from the voters that the district is doing something that the voters (or at least a majority of them) do not like. In my experience with a few districts, some of the issues are perceived wasteful spending, the perceptions of collusion and conflict of interest in administrative and contract or vendor relationships, unethical actions by superintendents, heavy-handed decision-making by administrators, and financial ignorance/incompetence of administrators and school board members. I suspect if you study the bond issues throughout the state, you will see some correlation between repeat failures of bond issues and the subsequent passage of bond issues when administrators and/or certain percentages of school board members are replaced. It seems to me that multiple failures of bond issues and tax levy proposals are messages from the voters that the district is doing something that the voters (or at least a majority of them) do not like. In my experience with a few districts, some of the issues are perceived wasteful spending, the perceptions of collusion and conflict of interest in administrative and contract or vendor relationships, unethical actions by superintendents, heavy-handed decision-making by administrators, and financial ignorance/incompetence of administrators and school board members.
I suspect if you study the bond issues throughout the state, you will see some correlation between repeat failures of bond issues and the subsequent passage of bond issues when administrators and/or certain percentages of school board members are replaced.

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