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RE: Price Tag?
By Solandri on 9/22/2011 1:44:31 PM , Rating: 2
I see, so if a school district in CA does this it's the end of America.

If Walmart does it, it must be smart.

Wal-mart has plenty of cash in the bank to spend buying something which will take a decade or two to pay for itself. The California government does not.

It's the same reason it's no problem for someone with >$100k in savings to buy a new car, but ridiculous for someone with $25k in credit card debt to buy a new car. I think the overall consensus in the school district article was that the panels would pay for themselves eventually. People were just questioning the wisdom of the state school district splurging on something like that when the state budget has such a huge shortfall.

RE: Price Tag?
By Steve1981 on 9/22/2011 1:59:25 PM , Rating: 2
The California government does not.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but school funding in California is at least partially based on the local property taxes, and in spite of attempts to even out funding, there is still considerable inequality among the various school districts. As such, while the state itself might be broke, San Ramon is a reasonably affluent area that might not have as much troubles with school funding as other parts of the state.

