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No on Measure E Parcel Tax - Special Election

• Wrong Tax
• Wrong Time

The Pleasanton Unified School District is not telling you the truth!  The School District will be giving out raises to administrators, teachers and support staff during the term of the parcel tax.

• During the term of this parcel tax, the district will give out raises totaling $15,000,000. This parcel tax will not even cover those raises. There will be no money available for instructional programs, libraries, or minimizing class size increases.

• School District income increased $18,000,000 during the last three years.  District audit reports show 2008 income of $147M and 2010 income increasing to $165M. During those years they have used those funds to hand out $9,000,000 in raises.

• Fifteen of our school administrators have recently retired with annual retirement pay between $100,872 and $178,120 per year.School Administrators would like you to believe that they are not well paid. CaliforniaPensionReform.comshows otherwise. 

• The District wants more of your money but will not commit to how the money will be used. The ballot measure’s language is purposely vague and does not outline specific, concrete educational programs. Omission of binding language allows for a lack of accountability to taxpayers.

• The Pleasanton Unified School District spent $70,000 on research for this measure and $250,000 to pay for this special election- money that could have been used to fund the programs the measure addresses.

We support our teachers and our children’s educational system and want to protect our local schools.  However, this tax increase will not even cover the intended raises.

It is unacceptable for the Pleasanton Unified School District to mislead residents.  Increasing taxes in order to hand out more raises and fund bloated Administrators' pensions is simply irresponsible and unsustainable.