SUPER SIZE the BULL S---, PLEASE!!

This is my breakdown of Mr. Bird’s article in the Sunday July 16 2004 issue of the Jacksonville Daily Progress.
1.) “I thought we might offer you one, two, or three options to consider.”
(Q) Who is the we that came up with these ‘options’ and are there other possibilities?
2.) “Our architects suggested that if we build two schools, Joe Wright and East Side, we might build East Side first and then move Joe Wright to the existing East Side campus for a year to a year-and-a-half and then move them back to the new building.”
(Q) Are these architects currently on the payroll at JISD and do they live and pay taxes in JISD, or have children in our schools? Or are these the only competent architects in Texas?
3.) “The middle school roof project will be included in any scenario. I will discuss cost and the process of how we arrive at that figure as well as the impact on your taxes in my next article.”
(Q) There’s that we word again. It is my understanding that capital bonds are to only be used for renovations to existing facilities and building new facilities and NOT roof repair or air conditioners and lighting repairs which are to be funded from the Maintenance and Operations Budget?
4.) “Jacksonville ISD belongs to you, the people, and no one is trying to talk you into something or out of anything. You get to decide what you want and how we should go about it. If you don’t want or see a need to build new schools then let’s not build them.”
(Q) Who decided to pay $750,000 for the playgrounds adjacent to the High School? NOT ME!Who decided to build a new field house instead of adding classrooms at JHS or repair the roof and air conditioners at the Middle School? NOT ME!What if we just want repairs to Middle School roof, air conditioning, and lighting right now and then accept a Bond package for new schools once we have seen that repairs can be made without having to cause new taxes in the future?
5.) “It’s your attitude that will make the difference. Negative attitudes destroy communities. POSITIVE attitudes build them.”
(Q) Does this mean that everyone that disagrees with you is wrong , therefore NEGATIVE and you are right, or POSITIVE?