Let’s support the BISD bond election this November 4.
I am very proud to be a product of the BISD school system. I enjoyed attending our schools and supporting my children at school events when they attended school at BISD.
Now, halfway into early voting into the bond issue on projects that have been recommended by a committee composed of a cross-section of our fellow district residents, we are not just voting YES for Propositions A and B in this November's bond election, we're empowering the citizens of Brownsville to take charge of our school district's future. We can ensure that the improvements and changes we need are guided by the community, for the community.
This bond proposal will ensure our schools are rebuilt, maintained, and provide the right environment for our children to learn, and we will be able to take control of our district, and not continue the top-down, business-as-usual practices that have guided us in the past. Now is our chance to wrest control from bureaucrats and return it where it belongs: in the hands of the people.
Our fellow district residents have determined that 45 district facilities are in desperate need of improvements and maintenance.
BISD also has a need for a new Career and Technical Education Center to keep programs moving forward. I also support a new performing arts center for our growing community that will be the largest in the Rio Grande Valley.
While previous elections have addressed growth with new schools, this election is to invest in what we already have. The District has done a good job at retiring most of its old bonded debt and has the capacity to finance new facilities through the voter approved bond election this November 4. And the way we've structured it, new taxation will be minimal.
I am very proud to be a product of the BISD school system. I enjoyed attending our schools and supporting my children at school events when they attended school at BISD.
Now, halfway into early voting into the bond issue on projects that have been recommended by a committee composed of a cross-section of our fellow district residents, we are not just voting YES for Propositions A and B in this November's bond election, we're empowering the citizens of Brownsville to take charge of our school district's future. We can ensure that the improvements and changes we need are guided by the community, for the community.
This bond proposal will ensure our schools are rebuilt, maintained, and provide the right environment for our children to learn, and we will be able to take control of our district, and not continue the top-down, business-as-usual practices that have guided us in the past. Now is our chance to wrest control from bureaucrats and return it where it belongs: in the hands of the people.
Many of BISD's schools are between 50-100 years old and need facility and infrastructure upgrades for basic operation such as air conditioning units.
While previous elections have addressed growth with new schools, this election is to invest in what we already have. The District has done a good job at retiring most of its old bonded debt and has the capacity to finance new facilities through the voter approved bond election this November 4. And the way we've structured it, new taxation will be minimal.
But let's face it, things cost money, and good things cost good money. It's a fact of life. Do we want the best for out kids?
In certain cases involving senior citizens, they will pay nothing at all.
Students perform better in newer and/or recently renovated buildings with proper air conditioning and heating systems. Our children deserve access to nice classrooms, no matter where they live. And it's in our hands to provide them this and keep control of the improvements every step along the way.
And if we are vigilant, we can demand that local preference on bidding for their construction be implemented so that our tax money will stay here.
Join me in voting for Proposition 1 and 2 on November 4.
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The oaf Trump continues to be the laughingstock of the world. He not only looks like a lard ass, but an orange one at that. Fock him.
Republican commenters, eat my shit and my dog's shit.
El triunfo de Milei, otro riesgo para la economía de México
A juicio de la especialista Gabriela Siller, con el triunfo del partido gobernante en las elecciones legislativas Argentina recibirá más ayuda de Trump, con lo que puede convertirse en una competencia directa para nuestro país en algunas industrias
In BISD's facebook page they defend themselves stating that they have a right to inform the residents of Brownsville about Propositon A and B. It is legal. But they also work with hope, probability. If measure X goes through, then this will happen. And if measure Y is approved then this will also happen. And you will pay lower taxes !!!! What craziness is that ? They are gambling with property taxes.
So much hostility coming from such a small brain. Don't get a stroke you little commie!
ooh, 3 more years. The majority says DEEZ-NUTZ
10-9-25 Shumer shutdown (Shumer said)
“Every day gets better for us,” Schumer asserted.
“It’s because we’ve thought about this long in advance and we knew that health care would be the focal point on Sept. 30 and we prepared for it … Their whole theory was — threaten us, bamboozle us, and we would submit in a day or two.”
Schumer is right that he’s been able to block the clean CR for much longer than most Republicans — and many House Democrats — thought. After three Senate Democrats peeled off during the first day of floor votes, Schumer has stopped any further defections.
Drop high school football and funnel all that cash to educational programs. Our kids are too small and slow to play that game
Fact
So now Donald J Trump is kissing China 's ass.
Xi Jinping should take a shit on Trump on national TV then sign the deal.
Trump is being played like a cheap guitar! LOSER
👀 looks like a (democrat) shutdown to.
Look at Trump and see the state of America - Redneck fatsos all over the place. Now using orange makeup and wearing pee-proof underwear. Who's laughing: Stormy Daniels.
ha ha
No food stamps on November 1, says Trump administration.
let's see how this plays out.
And lest we forget "WHAT ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES!"
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House.
Trump has repeatedly said that work on the ballroom is privately funded by himself and donors and will cost nothing to taxpayers. On Wednesday, Trump discussed his plans for the ballroom, saying it will cost “about $300 million.” The administration previously put the cost of the ballroom project at $200 million.
Additional donors include co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his family; and the Adelson family. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson, a Republican megadonor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
Well, that seems to be on the up and up. Never mind.
Anybody who believes the president is not going to slap his name on this monstrosity before leaving office is kidding themselves.
If I vote, it'll be "no".
Tired of high property taxes.
Somebody please help a Brownsville taxpayer please. I read in the Brownsville Herald last year that three elementary schools (Cromack, Garza and Del Castillo) were closed last year. BISD bragged that no staff members lost their jobs and that they saved over $3 million. They were closed because of low enrollment. They blame school choice programs but do not admit that charter and private schools are performing better. Now they want more tax payer money. Some of it will go to a performing arts center when the art centers that already exist in Brownsville are empty most of the time. There are already 20 charter (which are public schools by the way) and private schools in Brownsville. They have doubled over the last five years and are not going away for a reason: parents want better education. Some Brownsville kids actually go to Los Fresnos ISD for a better education because of Los Fresnos track record. Sounds like as a taxpayer I will be throwing good money after bad. I pay enough taxes already and can barely make a living.
Things are fine throughout the district. We don't need this one.
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Qué peleón!
Mr. Montoya: I voted NO. NO because they explain their point but in other bond issues they do everything but what they say they were going to use the money for. I voted NO because those children that will "benefit" from the bond, their children will pay for those higher taxes, NO because the current board will be defeated, they will be gone and the tax increase will be there. NO because the Superintendent will be gone and to begin with his school taxes go to Harlingen not to BISD, our board has children going to private school and they say BISD is the best, but for the regular folks not them. NO because they could sell properties and set aside money assets and then figure out how much is actually needed but they don't want an independent auditor. NO because they try to convince parents telling only their side of the story and not the full side of the story. Each story has 3 sides. My side, your side and the truth. I hope voters THINK THEIR VOTE
That’s a big NO for me. I don’t trust anyone at BISD.
Why do you pricks comment about the United States President on an article about a school district? Have another drink and I hope they find a cure for TDS
Carl Helmets = Carlos Cascos???
ha ha
Finally somebody has the guts to tell the truth.
Well said.
BISD has to fight the good fight. Tell their students, we are poor, we lack everything but you have the guts to study and learn and to accomplish all your goals. Prove the world wrong. We need no money, we need to work and learn with our hearts.
Go and vote.
Rancho Viejo Platinum F-250 because it is the same thing. BISD is using the same tactics to win the VOTE. Plus 36% percent of people did not vote during the Presidential Election and BISD knows that only 500 people will vote and they will win because teachers will go and vote YES. Brownsville residents are busy and will not have time to go and vote NO.
BISD needs to have a good budget. We want to paint 3 schools, budget for the paint. We want to build a new Bus place...NO, this is not the right time. We want to fix the roof of 10 schools. We can fix a roof and we can finish the project in 10 years.
Many of the “donors” are recipients of billion dollar
government contracts. That
is taxpayer money. Don’t be fooled.
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