“Indeed, this is the county where dreamers built worldwide institutions that reached the sky (Boeing), are working to end disease (The Gates Foundation), put computers in our homes (Microsoft), made artificial intelligence affordable (Amazon), and fueled us for the daily battles we take on (Starbucks). That creativity and imagination was surely nurtured by the art and science education that the county could continue by passing Prop 1. Without it, how will we nurture the minds that create the solutions for the struggles of the day — and the future?”