Bond Election

"I have sworn an oath, that I will havemy bond"

Shakespeare

Bonds

an obligation made binding by a forfeit of money
- also, the amount of the money guarantee
one who provides bail or acts as surety
finance: an interest-bearing certificate of public or private INDEBTEDNESS
an insurance agreement pledging that one will become legally liable for financial loss caused to another by the act or default of a third person or by some contingency over which the third person may have no control

Bonds on the Ballot

— generally, we’re against Bonds because it involves having another government entity to create debt on the backs of taxpayers to accomplish its objective instead of utilizing prudent leadership & business management. Too many times a BOND just creates a government slush fund, however, under certain circumstances, sometimes a BOND might be truly needed, and therefore tolerated for a short-time. But BONDS are sort of like putting Tolls on already paid taxpayer-funded roads, public ways. In those rare cases, very specific parameters need to be placed on the governmental authority to regulate the monies collected that also describe what happens to the residue of the funds and that they shall be returned to the taxpayers of that governmental authority.

In this specific Bexar County BOND election,

Alamo Community College District BOND

for “career training” which is why people attend ACCD college and vocational training classes.

This BOND is non-specific. The ACCD Board is dominated by people who have been elected or appointed. These public officials have a long history of being big government supporters and by their own historical voting records, official Democrats. We hesitate in trusting officials who want to grow government.

This BOND seems to be a big government idea that is a DUPLICATION of the City of San Antonio’s (CoSA) Workforce Development 1/8 cent sales tax that was passed on November 3, 2020 and began being collected on January 1, 2021. 1/8 cent sales tax equivocates to approximately $54,000,000 PER YEAR. It will be collected until December 31, 2025. These funds have been widely reported as ineffective as the CoSA program has “TRAINED” fewer than 500 people and placed less than that many into employment. Most of the people trained have been hired at the City of San Antonio. Therefore, the taxpayers are paying for “CAREER TRAINING” more than two times over.

ACCD Bond = OPPOSE

Bexar County Emergency Services - District 1 BOND

BOND is to support Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) outside the City proper (yet still in need of emergency services) are indeed in need as the County is growing exponentially in population where there is great need of public safety emergency services.

BC Emergency Services – D1 = FAVOR

IN SHORT:

ACCD Bond = AGAINST | OPPOSE