One of the claims Chico Unified School District is making in seeking approval of $152 million Measure K is that they want to prevent overcrowding. It shocks me they’d make this claim when finance director Kevin Bultema has warned the board again and again the district is losing students. That’s a bummer for them because each kid represents a little over $11,000/year in funding. Bultema has been crying about declining enrollment for years now, reporting almost 2,000 students lost over the last 10 years, and predicting another 135 to 185 lost over the next two years.
But here’s this “Yes on Measure K” mailer staring me in the face, telling me the district needs to prevent overcrowding. You know, they think they can say anything, and we’ll buy it. They know better than anybody how poorly educated we are, they don’t think we can read a budget report. I wonder how surprised they were when a group of investigative journalists from Sacramento came up with this:
Isn’t that a nice distinction to bring to our little town?
It’s obvious Kevin Bultema, anxious to keep funding rolling in to pay his $130,000-plus salary and $25,000-plus benefits package, will say anything to get the voters to swallow this lump of horse puckey.
Please, Vote NO on Measure K.
Chico Taxpayers Association 
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