Unbridled housing growth within LWSD (Lake Washington School District) has yet again brought another bond measure to voters based on overcrowding in schools. This is a periodically recurring theme that I’ve heard since 1978 – the year my wife and I bought our house near 132nd Square Park.

Thousands of new houses are being built by developers with the full approval of city governments. And with regard to governmental concerns about developer projects, overcrowding existing schools and further burdening tax payers, I’m reminded of the words “what, me worry?” which appeared in a popular comic book (MAD).

Our cities approve overcrowding residential projects and then turn around and endorse new school bonding, citing that impact fees are assessed on new residents. But these fees are trivial compared to the huge financial impacts on our school district by unbridled growth.

Furthermore, since 1978, the threat of “bait and switch” by the LWSD has been with us. This occurs when a bond measure is written so that it doesn’t address, in specificity, what exact projects the money will be spent on. That is, where there’s no legally binding connection between what LWSD glowingly advertises to voters about its prioritized list of projects for the new bond money and what the bond measure actually says about where the money will be spent. Note, once again, Juanita High School is at the top of the list. Déjà vu.

I’m not voting for this bond measure unless the bond identifies the specific projects for where this money will be spent and in which years it will be spent on these projects. Is this a reflection of my lack of trust in the LWSD Board and what it says it will do? Yes.

Kenn Kullberg, Kirkland