Editor,

Regardless of whether you vote for me or my opponent, Amanda Anthony, running for the South San Francisco Unified School District Board of Trustees (Area D); I strongly urge voters to support Measure T, a bond needing 55% approval to pass.

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William Romero
William Romero

The SSFUSD history with our tax money hasn’t been good. The Citizens Bond Oversight Committee asked for details regarding the expenditure of the first bond measure for $90 million, which they could not provide.

For the second one for $162 million, a forensic audit found so many problems there are too many to list. There was no competitive bidding process and contracts were entered into with unqualified contractors. The Board of Trustees neglected to formally vote to approve the contracts. How could that happen? The primary contractor had to be terminated and both parties sued, costing taxpayers significant amounts in litigation costs.

Most members of SSFUSD professional staff either quit or were terminated, including the Superintendent at the time, who refused to be interviewed by the Forensic Auditors. What was he trying to hide? No one including the San Mateo County Grand Jury has bothered to investigate what actually occurred. The SSFUSD is asking for another blank with no guarantee that this time the funds will be spent appropriately. I respectfully disagree and would strongly recommend a NO ON MEASURE T.

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