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What Message Are We Sending Our Children?

Cape Courier, Jun 5 – Jun 17, p. 16 This Cape Courier ad asked why we’d raze a still-young library, art rooms, and full-size gym—facilities worth at least $17.5 million—while preaching sustainability to students. It urged residents to stop waste before the wrecking-ball swings.

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What Parents & Grandparents Should Know About the Cape Elizabeth Middle School Plans

Cape Courier, Jun 5 – Jun 17, p. 10 Here we showed real photos of the compromised High School gym floor and leaking Pond Cove roof, then pointed out the plan’s fatal flaw: zero dollars for the high school and a pittance for Pond Cove. Our Three-School Solution funds 100% of critical needs at all […]

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Wasteful. Irresponsible. Indefensible.

Cape Courier, May 21 – Jun 4, p. 10 This full-page spread highlighted the wrecking-ball reality: demolishing 25 000 sq ft of sound 1994 construction destroys $17.5 million in value and dumps thousands of tons of debris in landfills—all to build bigger than we need. Cape doesn’t need a brand-new middle school to serve kids […]

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20 % Tax Hike

Cape Courier, May 21 – Jun 4, p. 3 We spelled out the math everyone will feel in their wallets: a 12.3 % bond-driven increase stacked on a 7.7 % town-budget jump equals a 20 % tax hike, with no money for the High School and $4 million cut from Pond Cove repairs. Voters deserve […]

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The Cape Elizabeth School Board Is Not Listening

Cape Courier, Apr 23 – May 6 Next, we reminded voters that, after two failed referenda and multiple surveys, the School Board is still barreling ahead with the same plan—one that shifts millions into an unfunded wish-list and risks teacher positions, all while offering zero dollars for the High School. Town-council quotes underscored the 12 […]

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“Unfunded, Unsustainable, Unacceptable”

(Cape Courier, Apr 9 – Apr 22) Our first Cape Courier ad laid out the core problem: the $86.5 million bond leaves $15 million of critical repairs unfunded, pushes taxes up 12 %+ for the middle-school project alone, and ignores urgent needs at Pond Cove and the High School—while enrollment keeps falling. We introduced the […]