PUSD bond measure will be on ballot

Reporter Caroline An gives us the official news: Pasadena Unified will put a $350 million bond measure on the November ballot. The plan is to use it for facility and technology upgrades.

Queen Caroline also did a more detailed story a few weeks ago that addresses concerns over the last bond measure that sent money to Pasadena schools:

In 1997, district voters approved Measure Y, a $240 bond measure that was suppose to pay for renovations and upgrades at the PUSD's 28 schools. While some campuses received upgrades, many others, including Blair IB Magnet and San Rafael elementary, received no improvements.

That all notwithstanding, I imagine this vote will break the way most bond measures do: conservatives, the anti-tax crowd, and school critics will oppose it on principle, while most others will grumble about wasted money, then vote for it, knowing that the schools probably do need at least some of the improvements detailed by the district.

UPDATE: Self-anointed local treasure Aaron Proctor is complaining about our lack of coverage of the bond measure. Too bad the link on his site to our home page leads to a web update about the measure and this blog entry. Also read above Caroline's story of June 11. Here is her original story in April (reproduced at Pasadena Political Underbelly).

Sorry, Aaron... you're way off on this one. I do appreciate that you visit my blog frequently though.