In our respective roles as Mayor and as President of City Council, we are acutely aware of some of the major challenges facing our community.
Happily, Bowling Green is a progressive city with many admirable attributes: our parks, our historic downtown, our ever important town-gown relationships, our low-cost utilities as well as the continuing growth of the city’s industrial sector.
Unfortunately one of our major on-going concerns and one that puts us at a distinct disadvantage with neighboring communities and other university towns is the aging, out dated nature of our public school properties, most especially our elementary school buildings.
As a community, we have been through an almost exhaustive study and public input process. Not unexpectantly, we have been exposed to a great variety of viewpoints, i.e., opinions as well as the analyses of school facility and financial experts and the experiences of nearby communities.
Rather than continuing to “kick the can” down the road and to turn our backs from a well-reasoned and forward looking plan, we have reached a critical juncture to weigh carefully all of the salient facts against the backdrop of what’s best for our city and its future.
That is why we are joining together on a bi-partisan basis to urge our fellow citizens in wholeheartedly embracing the concept of “One Community One School” by voting in support of Bowling Green’s future as a city with a “yes” vote on the combined school tax and bond issue.
Richard A. Edwards, Mayor
Michael A. Aspacher, Council President
