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Alameda parcel tax fails, preliminary results show
- 06-23-2010
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By Peter Hegarty/Oakland Tribune
A parcel tax that supporters said would prevent deep cuts to local schools appeared to have failed at the ballot box Tuesday by the slimmest of margins, according to preliminary election results. Measure E, which would have pumped $14 million annually into the Alameda Unified School District over the next eight years, secured 65.39 percent of the vote. It needs at least 66.7 percent, or a two-thirds majority, to pass. With so few votes deciding the outcome, both supporters and opponents were cautious about recognizing the results Tuesday night. "The outstanding question is, 'How many ballots are still out there?" said John Knox White, a leading campaigner for Measure E. "Until the vote is certified, it's not done." (more...)
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