In response to the school bond letter in the Auburn Reporter last week, there is one big error. It said, “Anyone 61 or older or 100 percent disabled from work of any age may be exempt from voted levies and bonds.”

I’ve been over 61 for a few years now and have never been exempt, the statement is just not true. To believe new schools will lead to preventing welfare, crime, etc., doesn’t make sense. Additional taxes in fact could lead to more becoming homeless and/or seeking low-income benefits. Those who don’t own their homes and rent apartments or houses will have their rents increased. Someone needs to pay the increased property taxes and that would be done by raising rents.

New schools are not a predictor of educational success and future income. New schools also do not mean there will be smaller class sizes.

The other big “forever tax” is Sound Transit, regional Proposition 1, which will not benefit Auburn for at least 25 years, if then. Like so many other projects, we should realize there will probably be cost overruns.

Read up on it. Know what you are voting for. Of course, being a lot older than 61, I would not get the benefit if it should happen. I’m voting no.

– Rebecca Prenovost