Forum buzz on the Clarkstown School District’s $187 million school bond vote March 10 is mostly concentrated on the whopping price tag in this floundering economy. The district’s proposal is the largest school bond vote on record in the state, according to reporter Hema Easley’s Monday story. Most posters think the scope of the work proposed is far too wide and are finding many examples of projects they think are excessive.

In addition, many voters say they aren’t buying comments from school officials that, if the bond does pass, they could scale back the work if the economy worsens. Several are saying they don’t trust the district leaders to make those decisions on their behalf.

Check out what taxpayers have to say about the bond and then tell us what you think.

To impose this burden, at this time, is sheer arrogance. … Taxpayers have been beaten to death with year over year increases with little regard to the impact those lush increases have had on family budgets. Now, the cry is loud and clear: NO MORE. … Vote this bond down and let them go back to the drawing board and present a new, slimmed and reasonable proposal. Don’t trust them to do what’s right; there is little evidence to support such a change of heart.

Do we trust the school board to make that decision for us? I certainly don’t! Vote no! Let them come back with a more reasonable solution to renovating these buildings.

There is NO trusting the Clarkstown district to decide how bad the economy has to be hitting us before it decides how much to spend and expect us, the taxpayers, to pay for it. This economy was already tanking before they put this gigantic bond together. They failed then to consider the impact of this economic crisis on the taxpayers before putting this bond together. Instead they went hog-wild, adding up to to the largest school bond ever in New York.

Poor timing, too much pork. For the first time I will vote no. Let’s get North fixed and worry about the rest on an annual basis from this point on. Show us the alternative plan.