This is in response to the Sun Journal article on bonds for schools that was printed May 23. I don’t know how many more ways city officials can find to put the city’s taxpayers into bankruptcy. That 15-year, interest-free federal bond is still borrowing money we cannot afford. Payback is $80,000 per year.

Any school superintendent must plan his or her expenses for each year and prepare a budget. Those much-needed improvements did not accrue overnight. This is a backdoor way of circumventing the budget process and if the superintendent is that shortsighted, he or she should be terminated for misusing public money.

To let the schools fall into such disrepair and need $1.2 million extra is not doing the job correctly or efficiently. The $80,000 should be deducted from the money given to the school department for the next 15 years. Building repairs must be part of the yearly budget and be prioritized by the importance of that expense.

William A. Ferentz, Lewiston