"But away from Madison, many people said that public workers needed to share in the sacrifice that their own families have been forced to make."
see the newspaper of record at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/us/22union.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2
The people locally have spoken. (whether they were right or not is a matter of opinion but such is democracy). The referendum vote was taken after the Spooner paper ran some stories on how much teachers were paid.
"Referendum fails 1,778 to 744
$2.35 million, four-year, non-reoccurring operational referendum for Spooner Area School District fails by over 1,000 votes
BY FRANK ZUFALL
The proposed $2.35 million four-year, non-reoccurring operational referendum for the Spooner Area School District failed to pass in the Tuesday, Feb. 15 primary election by (unofficial count) 744 voting "Yes" to 1,778 voting "No".
The proposed $2.35 million referendum would have been initiated in the 2011-12 school year and would have raised property taxes over current property taxes by $43 per $100,000 of property value in 2012. As it had in the last four years, the district also planned on cutting at least $150,000 yearly from the budget in each of the next four years."
The proposed $2.35 million referendum would have been initiated in the 2011-12 school year and would have raised property taxes over current property taxes by $43 per $100,000 of property value in 2012. As it had in the last four years, the district also planned on cutting at least $150,000 yearly from the budget in each of the next four years."
Source: Spooner Advocate
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