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Voters who approved bond issues in recent years to build new schools rejected requests for new operating levies in those same districts earlier this month. Beavercreek, Huber Heights, Vandalia-Butler and Xenia all saw their requests for new money defeated on Nov. 6. All of those districts had passed bond issues in recent years but have struggled to pass subsequent operating levies.
Get facts on Selah bonds To the editor -- I'm fortunate to be the parent of a student at Lince Elementary in Selah. I'm also a fiscal conservative and don't vote for anything that will raise or create new taxes that isn't necessary. The Selah school bonds are necessary. In fact, the first time I entered a Selah School District facility I thought, "Well, they're not wasting money on fancy buildings.
FARLEY, Iowa - More than 125 people braved frigid temperatures Thursday night to hear about two ballot issues they could face in April as residents of the Western Dubuque County Community School District. They listened intently to Superintendent Jeff Corkery explain a school board proposal to seek approval of a $16.5 million general obligation bond and a 10-year, $7.5 million Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, or PPEL, for a long list of repairs, renovations and new construction throughout the district. Corkery outlined how the district could address the needs without raising property taxes. Western Dubuque's tax rate of $13.25 per $1,000 assessed valuation ranks in the lowest third of the state's districts.
Montgomery County supervisors on Monday night approved two bond issues totaling $115 million to help pay for construction or renovation of three schools, county spokeswoman Ruth Richey said. The 4-2 vote came about a year and a half after the collapse of the gymnasium roof at Blacksburg High School, an event that forced the closing of the school, the ongoing busing of Blacksburg students to a school in Christiansburg and an acceleration of the county's plans to build new facilities.
In addition to a people's veto that will appear as Question 1 on the June 8 ballot, Maine voters will consider four bond issues. They will appear as Questions 2-5. Question 2: "Do you favor a $26,500,000 bond issue that will create jobs through investment in an off-shore wind energy demonstration site and related manufacturing to advance Maine's energy independence from imported foreign oil, that will leverage $24,500,000 in federal and other funds and for energy improvements at campuses of the University of Maine System, Maine Community College System and Maine Maritime Academy in order to make facilities more efficient and less costly to operate?
Low-interest loans totaling more than $6.6 million for projects in Bridgeport, Cross Lanes, Millwood and Morgantown have received preliminary approval from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority. During its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, the authority also agreed to refinance two 1999 bond issues that were used to pay for the renovation of the Diamond Building in downtown Charleston and the construction of a nearby parking building.
Out-county bond issue proposals in Centralia and Hallsville didn't fare as well yesterday as a bond issue for the Southern Boone County Fire Protection District. READ MORE
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