Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

[deleted] t1_ivrokrt wrote

Reply to comment by Ms-Pamplemousse in Ballet Measure Results by ImagineNorthstar

Just curious - what part of Chesterfield referendum would you have voted against? Schools, parks, libraries, or emergency services?

8

McFlare92 t1_ivrspzq wrote

I would have voted against the part where we have tens of millions for additional police infrastructure but since that wasn't an option, I begrudgingly voted yes

12

Option_Perfect t1_ivsvr8b wrote

They wrapped that bit up all pretty for you. That would be annoying to have to vote that way.

4

Ms-Pamplemousse t1_ivrtw42 wrote

Even if it were separate, I bet people would have voted yes on that anyways particularly since I doubt they'd break out the plan and costs on the ballot (too transparent!). I actually voted no to the grouped version.

2

Ms-Pamplemousse t1_ivrtifh wrote

Like McFlare, the 'emergency' services part, specifically the millions on PD stations.

4

[deleted] t1_ivt9kqc wrote

Yeah, I wish I could have seen a better explanation of why that was needed. Still, I for one am a fan of getting police out of the parking lot of Fest and 3 daycares.

I did see that in the eastern part of the county, they are still using some ancient fire stations that seem to really limit fire response time. All for those upgrades.

1

PayneTrainSG t1_ivtuvsl wrote

I absolutely cannot imagine how $10 million is being spent on the chester police station. complete hooey.

Also, the way Chesterfield builds high schools is an incredibly insane use of land and promotes some of the worst kinds of development.

2

[deleted] t1_ivtw6bd wrote

I thought that they were building a new police station in Chester with a standardized layout. Three of the new police stations all cost same amount.

I'm just glad that there might be enough new schools to possibly keep more kids out of trailers for a while. Need proactive construction of schools where needed.

1

PayneTrainSG t1_ivtxala wrote

Weird.

The land use requirements of high schools for the county is bad. It drives up costs, makes them harder to maintain over time, getting kids in and out of the schools are infrastructure nightmares, and it’s somehow still hard to support all of the athletics on these large sites.

1