We were immediately concerned last week when we learned there was no organized campaign committee working to promote the issues the Steamboat Springs School Board has placed on the Nov. 7 ballot. We think it’s pretty risky for the school board to approach this election without having recruited a dedicated group of community members to promote the measures.

Without taking an official position on the bond issue and mill levy questions, we don’t think the community or the school board should assume the issues will pass without a concerted, focused effort.

So we enter the election season worried that the school measures could be defeated, not on merit, but because a campaign to educate voters has not yet been launched.

Read more at Steamboat Today.