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Published: October 7, 2007
Accountability: Trust to watch over school bond projects
The Oklahoman Editorial
On the surface, one might think school bond issues are mostly about kids and what they need — new or repaired schools, new computers and new and safer buses.

But in Oklahoma City during the past few decades, bond issue elections have been more of a referendum on trust. After all, few who walked into the city's schools in the last 20 years or so would doubt whether more money was needed for across-the-board improvem...

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