To Sensible Citizens: The voters of Seminole County are not 'smarter' than the voters of Volusia County. The FUNDAMENTAL issue with the referendum is NOT whether the schools need these additional funds or whether the schools could be better stewards of the monies they have today. The FUNDAMENTAL issue is WHY does the burden for this extra funding fall ONLY on the property owner. You stated 'the voters of Volusia County don't want to pay for it'. YOu see the referendum presented did not ask ALL Volusia County citizens to pay for it - it only asked property owners to fund it. I agree education is key to our future BUT the plate for the additional funds should be passed to EVERYONE - not just the property owners. Our new favorite word is 'FAIR' - requiring EVERYONE to pay their fair share to get good education would be the appropriate route to go. If an additional sales tax referendum, for example, had been presented it most likely would have passed.