Why is it that Alvin ISD refuses to combine their bond elections with the rest of the elections?  Quite simple, really.  They want to make it as difficult as possible for rural residents to have a voice in any decisions made for the district.  It is a way to disenfranchise voters in outlying areas of the district who may not agree with their bond proposals. 

Like many rural voters in Brazoria County, our taxes blew through the roof in the last two years.  Much of our taxes go to Alvin ISD.  There really isn't very much to show for this enormous increase in taxes, and yet Alvin ISD wants to jack our rates even more.  Both bond proposals passed last night, but I bet if most people didn't have to drive miles out of their way to vote in for just two proposals, the proposals would have failed.

My daughters could not get to the firehouse in Alvin in time to vote.  Our primary polling place is four miles out of town.  Then we have to drive into Alvin and vote at the firehouse, usually for just one or two bond proposals.  Many people work in Houston and barely make it in time to vote in one place, not two. 

Alvin ISD knows this, and plans for it.  They don't want rural voters to have a voice in the school district.  If they did, they would combine their ballot with the ballots of the outlying areas so voters would only have to go to one place and vote. 

Quite frankly, the situation sucks.  It sucks so hard, it blows.  I guess it is time to write to the state about being disenfranchised by the greedy citified losers called Alvin ISD....