Mike Hutchinson's PAC Pulls Off A Small-Margin Victory To Trick Mesa Taxpayers One More Time

. . . and he managed to get his wife Marcie Hutchinson elected to the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board at the same time!
It was that YesForMesa Campaign on the November 2019 Election that handed a bogus windfall of $54,000,000 in the Bond Issue and Budget Over-Ride for the failing Mesa Public School System. . . First there was a sigh of relief - and jubilation - by officials shortly after the 52-46% margin of victory where only 25% of voters sent in their ballots by mail. That's "a light turn-out" Hutchinson was counting on this time around when Mesa taxpayers REJECTED it last year. He attributed the victory to what he called voter education.

"A key factor was the work of hundreds of volunteers who participated in a wide variety of grassroots voter education activities across the School District... Their months of hard work led to excellent voter turnout and the great result for the students and the dedicated employees of the Mesa Public Schools."
HUH?
These assertions by Mike Hutchinson are clearly intended as misinformation. They are simply and dementedly wrong. Here's the strategy: with only a 25% voter turnout and a 52% margin, that means that 13% of all eligible voters were able to control and determine the ballot outcome in MUSD No.4. The murky appeal > "Quality of Life + Jobs".
> WHO HELPED 'HUTCH' TO CREATE THAT 'GRASSROOTS AKA POLITICAL ACTION CAMPAIGN'???
None other than the current member of The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board Jenny Richardson - she was a candidate for re-election AND got elected again, with Mike's wife Marcie gaining a seat also
Moreover, it's a bloated system of PATRONAGE Hutchinson calls "dedicated employees"

In whose book of Make-Believe is a 25% voter turnout excellent? That's so typical of these Yes For Mesa campaigns funded by PACs (political action campaigns) . . . and as for that the great results for students????
Sorry but the numbers and data tell a totally different story for more than the last 30 years
STOP RIGHT THERE: In these uncertain financial times, this is a proposal once again to raise taxes by $34,000,000 in the first year alone AND it approves six more years in advance of about the same level of spending.
Throwing money at a system just won't fix it! 
Demand performance-based outcomes
Mesa Public Schools is an 'under-achieving' public education system that has delivered a poor performance track-record for decades - administrators and bureaucrats have been failing students after they enter 3rd grade - and all the way through community colleges.

This propaganda - disguised as "voter education" - does not bother to tell you that. That's just one thing.
> The ex-Superintendent of Mesa Public Schools Michael Cowan was forced to resign last year for 'financial irregularities" or so they didn't say when the line spoon-fed to the public was that 'he got a calling to go an LDS mission" to an undetermined location!
> Forced resignations at two community colleges and the East Valley Institute of Technology + a new appointment who's been indicted
> New Mesa Public Schools Superintendent who took office in June 2018 gets 'fired' and/or 'put on administrative leave'.

Why Support Patronage in Mesa Schools?
"Mesa’s schools have built a long-standing reputation for being among the best in the entire State of Arizona.  Quality, competitive schools are one of the key reasons that we enjoy such a safe, family-friendly community.. ."
HUH? Among the best in the entire State > THAT IS NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT!
Arizona CONSISTENTLY ranks #49 in all 50 states for low academic standards and failure to deliver basic proficiency standards.
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HOLD ON!
Just a few weeks later and after all that jubilation, what next made the headlines?
INFORMATION: Mesa Public Schools have been failing to provide achievement performance standards and grade-level academic proficiencies for students for decades.
 
No reasonable person or taxpayer would throw their good hard-earned money away by rewarding a failing public school system that produces bad results for decades by system administrators and a bloated bureaucracy.
If they can't do their jobs, they should have been fired, NOT rewarded by going over-budget to pay them off . . .
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Re: Those "Grassroots Voter Education Activities
TOTALLY PULP FICTION
(they published their own fake newspaper and mailed-it out) 

28 October 2019

Did You Get This Pulp-Rag Propoganda-Piece In The Mail?

Mesa taxpayers REJECTED this in 2018
< Take a Look - a closer look
MESA VOTER TIMES
November Special Election Edititon
Basic Literacy: Can't they spell the word Edition correctly, or at least proof-ready their own copy before mailing-out thousands??

[ from an from an earlier post on this blog ]

Attract Jobs – Protect Our Quality of Life
Isn't there already a QUALITY OF LIFE sales tax here in Mesa for that?
ABOUT THE MESA VOTER TIMES:
This is from the header on the front page of this 8-page propaganda piece 
". . . As supporters of this proposal, we have launched The Mesa Voter Times to educate the community regarding this proposal and other important education issues facing our community."
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Did you get this postcard sent to you in the mail too??
MESA'S STRONG LEGACY OF
PUBLIC EDUCATION!
so it says a strong legacy  Huh?
Please take the time to see who hand-wrote this postcard sent off in the mail just before the November Election.
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OK. and they want more money!
And make that automatic for six more years, please!
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You get what they get paid for - jobs with no performance demands
Paid for by The Mesa Alliance for Educational Excellence,
421 E. University Dr., Mesa, AZ 85203.
Not authorized by any candidate
TRY THIS LINK > https://yesformesaschools.org
Accountability and Transparency – Link to Finance Reports for Mesa Schools

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18 October 2019  MesaZona

Just VOTE NO!

Would You Ever Endorse a Blank Check for $34,000,000??? 

That's only the amount in the first year in one more tricky public relations campaign by The City of Mesa on the only ballot question on 2019 SPECIAL/GENERAL ELECTION.
The official ballots have been mailed out  or you can vote in-person. Please take the time to read the fine print, before you decide how to vote - the devil's always in the details
First, get informed
Why is this year's General Election 'special' ???
It includes approval in a BUDGET OVERRIDE for an amount that exceeds the revenue control specified by statute by 15% for FY2020/2021 and for six consecutive years.

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1 Approval of the budget override represents an extension and increase of the existing 10% budget override authority - when you add it up > that's  (25%) - which OTHERWISE  is scheduled for a phase-down by one-third over two years FY2020/2021 and FY2021/2022
2 The proposed budget increase for the first year FY2020/2021 is estimated to be $34, 087,454
3 Funding for the first and subsequent years?
A LEVY OF TAXES ON YOUR TAXABLE PROPERTY within The Governing Board of Mesa Unified School District 4