The good news from the May 2nd election is that the 18 mill renewal operating expense millage did pass by a vote of 717 Yes votes to 385 No votes. Sadly the 3 mill sinking fund proposal failed. The vote was 532 Yes to 570 No. I am not sure why the sinking fund lost by just 38 votes. Are people just tired of all the taxes they have to pay and thought this was unnecessary? The sinking fund proposal wasn't an extravagant wish list, it was for needed repairs and upgrades. I was looking at the unofficial precinct reports from the Saginaw County website and found the results interesting. The 18 mill proposal passed in all 5 of the Bridgeport precincts and both of Buena Vista's precincts. The sinking fund proposal passed in both of Buena Vista's precincts and 3 of the 5 Bridgeport precincts, but lost in Bridgeport precincts 3 & 5. The most surprising result was from Spaulding Township. They have 1 precinct and that precinct voted down both proposals.
I know it is not unusual to have a low voter turnout on special elections that just have local items on the ballot but it was sad to see how low that turnout was here. The Bridgeport Spualding School District will try again this fall to pass the 3 mill Sinking Fund proposal. Hopefully they will be able to get the word out to help inform the public and get it passed this year.
Here are the precinct results for anyone that may be interested in seeing how the vote went.
I know it is not unusual to have a low voter turnout on special elections that just have local items on the ballot but it was sad to see how low that turnout was here. The Bridgeport Spualding School District will try again this fall to pass the 3 mill Sinking Fund proposal. Hopefully they will be able to get the word out to help inform the public and get it passed this year.
Here are the precinct results for anyone that may be interested in seeing how the vote went.
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