It’s been said that everything is big in Texas and
when it comes to bilking the municipal taxpayers for frivolous public school spending
follies it could hardly get bigger than nearly $63 million dollars for, of all totally
unnecessary things, a football stadium.
That’s right. The McKinney Texas Independent School
District authorities have successfully talked 63
percent of the gullible taxpayers of this town of less than 150,000 inhabitants
into footing the bill for a luxurious $62.8 million dollar 12,000 seat football
stadium for high school football games.
This one tops them
all – barely -- as the most expensive boondoggle ever built
for high school
football. The tiny hamlet of Katy Texas (population 15,000) is building another
$62.5
million dollar, 12,000-seat facility for their high schoolers, and a $60 million dollar high school stadium has already been
constructed in Allen Texas (population 92,000).
“We’re visionaries,”
says Rick McDaniel, McKinney Independent School District Superintendent, after
convincing the taxpayers of his community to pass a $220 million bond issue to
fund the stadium and other district improvements. “And we believe we have a
vision for McKinney ISD that will propel us forward for a long time.”
“We’re disappointed,” declared
Mike Giles, a disgruntled McKinney taxpayer. “But the people have spoken.”
Yes, and I think those people have been drinking too
much Kool-Aid.
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