Apache Junction Unified School District — or at least three of its board members — wants the property owners of Apache Junction to pay up so they can “maintain” the schools entrusted to their care by the voters over the years. For some unknown reason, they have neglected to maintain these buildings that they are entrusted to keep up.
The state legislature’s funds for the schools do include maintenance to keep the buildings up to date. What have they done with the monies entrusted to them? Any good business owner or property owner knows that maintenance is a major part of any budget. They are just for fun and games.
AJUSD Board members Gilbert Cancio, Dena Kimble and Gail Ross who voted for this can’t wait to harvest the money from the property owners in this community without batting an eye. There are a lot of elderly homeowners who are quite frankly struggling to get by, as well as working families just trying to make ends meet with these high inflationary times.
Many might lose their homes if it gets any worse, which, according to some, will get worse. Not only are property values at all-time highs, which makes the property taxes at an all-time high, but homeowner’s insurance is going through the roof, not to mention gas, food and utilities.