The Chronicle‘s Helen Eriksen reports that supporters of Katy ISD’s latest (and bigger) bond initiative include a new group made up mainly of two developers:
Supporters of a school construction bond measure in the Katy Independent School District are gearing up for a last-minute push before Tuesday’s general election to get the $269.5 million initiative passed.
Critics, however, are rallying resistance against the measure.
The latest developments include the emergence of a new pro-bond group heavily backed by master-planned-community developers and a complaint of an alleged ethics violation to the Texas Ethics Commission.
If the bond passes it will finance three elementary and two junior high schools over the next three years to accommodate a mounting student population. It would also pay for a ninth-grade center, renovation projects at more than a dozen district campuses and buy land to build eight new schools.
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The bond debate has recently turned toward a new pro-bond political action committee, Partners for Progress Inc., which was launched in July.
Campaign-finance reports filed Oct. 10 show Partners had amassed $65,040 in donations primarily from two land developers, including $50,000 from Cinco Ranch developer Newland Communities and $15,000 from Houston-based Trendmaker Homes.
The Oct. 30 report does not show additional donations to the PAC but shows $29,826 in expenditures.
The story is reminiscent of one the Chron‘s Jason Spencer did almost two years ago, shining a light on who was supporting a Cy-Fair ISD bond measure.
