Failed parcel tax will cost PUSD at least $500,000
By Brian Charles/Pasadena Star News
The Pasadena Unified School District will get a half-million-dollar bill from the county in the wake of its failed bid to pass Measure CC, county election officials said Wednesday. The final invoice, which will be ready in about 30 days will likely total $530,000 - more than the combined cost of all parcel tax elections held in Los Angeles County in 2009. And, it's nearly triple what the district spent to place Measure TT on the November 2008 consolidated ballot, according to Steve Brinkman, Pasadena Unified School District chief of facilities. Pasadena Unified has 90 days from the date of the election to pay the bill, said Eileen Shea, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk. (more...)