www.montereycountynow.com OCTOBER 10-16, 2024 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY 5 “The most important role for the MPUSD is to provide a quality education for our students; it is not to become a real estate developer and landlord.” …Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association, 2024 Put Education First. Vote NO on Measure A! For the third time since 2010, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) is again asking taxpayers to pay for “most urgent needs”. • In 2010, we voted to approve Measure P and gave MPUSD $110 million. • In 2018, we voted to approve Measure I and gave MPUSD $213 million. • Now, MPUSD is asking us for $340 million more in Measure A! Schools already get 61% of all Monterey County tax expenditures. • If Measure A is passed, taxpayers in Monterey, Seaside, Marina, Del Rey Oaks and Sand City will have to pay back over $1.2 BILLION in bonds and interest. • For example: A home valued at $800,000 would start paying $800/year in property taxes and end up paying at least $24,000 over the 30 year life of MPUSD’s 3 bonds! • MPUSD wants to use $60 million of Measure A funds to build 60-80 rental units only available to MPUSD staff with all rental proceeds going to the district. • Surveys have shown that MPUSD teachers really want competitive salaries (not subsidized housing) so they can choose where they want to live. • Measure A gives no guarantee that this housing would ever be built. • ALL the language in Measure A is so vague that MPUSD could spend our tax dollars on almost anything. • MPUSD needs to be fiscally responsible and put EDUCATION FIRST. VOTE NO ON MEASURE A Paid for by Pondick and Tollner Taxpayers in Marina, Seaside, Monterey, Del Rey Oaks and Sand City have a choice.
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