Quote Originally Posted by retiredteach View Post
You always supply some interesting points and well thought out. I did think, however, that a referendum was not legal on this issue. A bond issue would be, but not the vote for yes or no on consolidation. I could be wrong. Always like reading your thoughts.

I did support Basham's proposal and told him so in an email the next day. I did question the timing of trying to do it before the start of the next school year. I always thought he was set up on that deal anyway. He was fed the info that if he proposed that event when he did that the support would be there. He won because his contract was bought out which cost the County a lot of money which could have been used elsewhere.
Thanks...Coming from you I consider that a compliment. The "legality" issue is one of the excuses I refer to. If they wanted a vote on this it would have already been done because they would have found a way to get it on a ballot. IMO, the reason it hasn't is because the pro-consolidation group is afraid that consolidation would be shot down in a vote...and they're probably right.