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In nail-biter elections, one school parcel tax passes while another fails

  • 05-07-2010
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By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News

In two nail-biting elections, one Santa Cruz Mountains school district narrowly passed its parcel tax, while a neighboring district lost its bid by just over 1 percentage point, according to official final results. The Lakeside Joint School District's Measure C won 517 yes votes, or 67.23 percent of the 769 votes cast. The Loma Prieta Joint Union School District's Measure G got 1,008 yes votes, or 65.45 percent of the 1,540 votes cast. Both measures needed two-thirds approval to pass. Both districts were seeking to boost local revenue to backfill against state cuts. The districts, which include large, sparsely populated areas covering both Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, conducted their elections by mail. (more...)


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