2025 Bond

CS said:
Why did the ballot say "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE" - when in fact it is not a tax increase?
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The Bond Fact Sheet offers an explanation.

"Zero Tax Rate Increase - PNGISD’s I&S Tax Rate will not increase if this bond proposal is approved by the voters. However, state law requires every school district to include the statement “This is a Property Tax Increase” on the ballot, regardless of the actual impact on the district’s tax rate. This is an increase in the school district's debt, but not a property tax rate increase. The current I&S rate would remain constant to cover the capital improvements.?

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CS said:
Thank you. I bet that made it extremely confusing for most voters.
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Apparently it almost resulted in a rejected proposal. Surely the district was able to communicate the discrepancy in language that voters would see on the ballot. Or is there really 47% of the voting population that don’t want improvements to be made? Also, maybe some people ‘asleep at the wheel’ and making uninformed decisions? That would be an interesting study to conduct. And useful for the success of future proposals.
 
I personally took pause when I saw it on the actual ballot. I know they spoke of it at school board meetings but I don't attend those. I voted for it anyway because I always do but I guarantee people saw the bold letters and said "no way"
 
People are starting to see past that “progressive”
(More like regressive) point of view
In other words turn everything upside down ban everything good promote everything bad

Turn America into an entitled and dependent slave of the state
They’re exposing themselves and what they REALLY want to do with the country
(Throw it in the trash)
 
CS said:
Why did the ballot say "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE" - when in fact it is not a tax increase?
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IndianFan answered the question but I'm going to respond as well to add some context.

Proposition A did not add a net property tax rate increase, but the rate will be higher than it would have been had there been no bond at all. Property taxes collected by school districts and other types of local governments are sequestered into two revenue streams. There's the maintenance and operations property tax levy (M&O rate), which funds employee salaries and the day-to-day operations of the local government, and the interest and sinking property tax levy (I&S rate), which is used by local governments to secure bonds for capital projects like new buildings, major renovations, etc.

The M&O rate tends to be set in stone for long periods of time. On the other hand, the I&S rate fluctuates depending on how much money the local government that pledged the I&S proceeds toward a bond needs to pay its obligation each year. Once a bond is issued, the I&S rate typically peaks very early in the life of the bond and then consistently goes down as the amount remaining on the obligation decreases and, ordinarily, the values of the properties against which the I&S rate is assessed go up. Right now, PN-GISD's I&S rate is on that downward slope because the amount the district owes toward the bond issue that passed in 2019 is falling.

The 2025 bond proposal isn't a big one. Truth be told, it's really a maintenance bond issue and, even as those things go, is a pretty small one. The effect of issuing the 2025 bond obligations will be to cause the district's declining I&S rate to either level off or decline at a slower rate--hence why the district is stressing that this bond proposal won't come with a net tax increase for PN-GISD homeowners. Nonetheless, the I&S rate will still be more than it would have been otherwise had the 2025 bond never passed and that triggers the state law requirement that the phrase "THIS IS A TAX INCREASE" be printed on the ballot.

There's a long explanation as to why state law requires that now. That's really a political subject for another day. I'll leave it off with these three bits of personal opinion: I think the law could be rewritten to more precisely state the actual circumstances in a situation like this one (though I doubt the Legislature will do that in the forseeable future); I still think the bond was the right thing for PN-GISD to do; and PN-GISD is very lucky to have pragmatic voters who understand the importance of investing in education and infrastructure, because the local election results across much of the area and the state last night were generally not very favorable to those types of investments.
 
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Usedtocould said:
People are starting to see past that “progressive”
(More like regressive) point of view
In other words turn everything upside down ban everything good promote everything bad

Turn America into an entitled and dependent slave of the state
They’re exposing themselves and what they REALLY want to do with the country
(Throw it in the trash)
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Except in NYC, where they elected a socialist mayor, apparently.
Anyway, so the bus barn bond proposal passed?
 
Usedtocould said:
Tatum is the smallest town I know of who has one. It’s basically a one red light and Whataburger in the gas station town.
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Manor and Del Valley by AUS airport (now waaaay overgrown from what it was - thanks California - sigh) has a massive stadium and indoor facilities. We went to a Roschon camp there - I was shocked - it’s the hood and I’ve been out here since 1989. Way nicer facilities for the gang members that show up. Robinhood i guess? When your car gets stolen - peeps are from these places or from Killeen. Everyone here knows it and that’s where the police chases end.

Mouth breather SOC college prep has multiple matching track suits, 4 different uniforms and helmets (in the thousands each) gold chains to swing around on the field, etc. - why, well because “culture and therefore “deservedly i
Victim mentality and they know it and play it to their advantage.

So all that to say my Indians better dang well have the best available to them. There is absolutely no reason not to for a bunch of fighters that proves all the hand picked/UIL cheating teams wrong.

Hell I’d love to see us get a bigger run through (don’t even need signs - just have the curtain that says respect all fear No ONE! and a full set of flags that take up the field spelling out <<<<<<PORT NECHES - GROVES<<<<<< instead of PNG - I will buy the two ‘R’s personally! Mabe even the dash between PN-G. Send me a quote.
 
15PNG said:
Manor and Del Valley by AUS airport (now waaaay overgrown from what it was - thanks California - sigh) has a massive stadium and indoor facilities. We went to a Roschon camp there - I was shocked - it’s the hood and I’ve been out here since 1989. Way nicer facilities for the gang members that show up. Robinhood i guess? When your car gets stolen - peeps are from these places or from Killeen. Everyone here knows it and that’s where the police chases end.

Mouth breather SOC college prep has multiple matching track suits, 4 different uniforms and helmets (in the thousands each) gold chains to swing around on the field, etc. - why, well because “culture and therefore “deservedly i
Victim mentality and they know it and play it to their advantage.

So all that to say my Indians better dang well have the best available to them. There is absolutely no reason not to for a bunch of fighters that proves all the hand picked/UIL cheating teams wrong.

Hell I’d love to see us get a bigger run through (don’t even need signs - just have the curtain that says respect all fear No ONE! and a full set of flags that take up the field spelling out <<<<<<PORT NECHES - GROVES<<<<<< instead of PNG - I will buy the two ‘R’s personally! Mabe even the dash between PN-G. Send me a quote.
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Port Neches and Groves. Blue collar, working towns where most people were raised on the concept of working harder than the next guy to achieve goals and success. That has always been the foundation of Indians football. As much or more than any other place that claims to be disadvantaged in any way. And the kids and communities have been through a number of tragedies and challenges in recent years as well. The new facilities will open additional possibilities to apply that effort and benefit from it. Reliable practice conditions, better strength facility, etc. Iron sharpens iron. You’re right, PNG represents Texas football as well as any school and better than many. The program and community deserve good facilities. They won’t be the best like the over the top Melissa HS facility which claims to be bigger and better than any covered facility at any level, but good enough.
 
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