Rents, property taxes, groceries, gasoline, health care, energy and utilities, medical and dental care and so on are all on an inflationary tear. We all are experiencing this. My family is on a fixed income, as many in Ridgefield are. Many families are struggling to just get by, day to day. Many families live in rentals and it’s a near national scandal how much rents have gone up in the last few years.
Now, in the face of these unprecedented increases in the cost of living, Ridgefield is floating not one, but two school bonds. The cost of these bonds together is $190 million. I have recently received my property tax bill and it is astonishingly high. The Ridgefield School Board asking for $190 million in the face of this unprecedented inflation I find to be totally tone deaf.
We all care about educating our children. If these bonds fail, however, the kids will continue to be educated in Ridgefield. But before school bonds, I have to provide for my family first. Delaying these bond requests until our economy has a chance to stabilize and our government gets its act together seems the sensible thing to do.
