Letter: Give school bond your support

What’s in it for me?

It seems these days this is a common theme. You see it on TV in every reality show. You feel it when you spend money. You think it during your commute, and you especially feel it at every four-way stop. It is a common thread in the very fabric of our society revealed in the rates of divorce, dropout and crime. What’s in it for me?

Look back on our history and it is easy to see that themes, beliefs and actions that looked beyond individual benefit created this country and gave us the freedom to choose.

One of these choices is taking place now with the current bond for Central Valley schools. Yes it means an increase in our property taxes, on average, somewhere between $10 and $20 dollars per month. But, this contribution gets our school district back on track by taking care of school buildings that have served their useful life, building and expanding schools to handle the growth in our community and bringing school security, district wide, to an acceptable level. More importantly, support of this bond also sends a message, especially to our Superintendent Ben Small, that excellence in education in our community is our expectation.

As you look over your ballot or prepare to go to the polls, don’t get hung up on “what’s in it for me” but reflect on a 50-year-old theme from another fellow citizen who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Bob Weisbeck

Veradale