There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies

There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies

EDITOR:

Is it possible I don’t live on the same planet as the Liberty School Board? On the planet I live on, the Vindicator and other area newspapers, radio and TV stations have for the past few years reported many plant closings and layoffs. Many of these workers not only lost their jobs, but hospitalization and pensions as well. I received an e-mail the other day from AARP stating 14,000 people a day are losing their hospitalization. We can only guess how many of these may be our friends and neighbors living in Trumbull County and especially in Liberty Township. Has the school board taken the time to see just how many homes have been foreclosed on in our township?

I am positive there will be students that graduated from Liberty High School this year, some with high honors, who will be unable to attend college this year due to lack of financial help from their parents. The job market has collapsed, making it impossible for our children or even their parents to find any kind of decent work that pays well with hospitalization.

When you go to the polls think of your family, neighbors and friends who may have lost their home, hospitalization and pension and may even be wondering where their next meal may come from. Please vote no on the Liberty school levy.

This school board lost the May election by more than 2000 votes. The only way to get their attention now is to defeat the tax issue once again, hopefully, by a bigger margin.

Changes have to be made on how we govern our schools from the federal, state and local levels. There are ways this can happen, but it won’t come about as long as we pass levies. As voters we must force the issues now.

EDWARD J. TOCK

Liberty Township