CdA Levy Gets 74.11% Approval
Wow. All the votes have been counted. 74.11 percent of 9,010 voters approved. That's 6,677 yes and 2,333 no, with seven spoiled ballots. (hanging chads?) All 19 polling places passed the levy, along with the absentee ballots. Largest approval was 87 percent of 391 voters at Sorensen. Largest turnout was at Hayden Meadows, with 69.59 percent of 1,184 (!) voters saying yes. Remarkable fact: Lake City and Coeur d'Alene High each recorded 554 votes. LC had 86 percent approval, CHS had 75 percent. (You can see all the numbers from the various precincts by going to the district site here/Meghann M. Cuniff, SR.
Originally posted 9 p.m. Tuesday
Question: In this tight economic times, how do you explain such an overwhelming vote in favor of the $7.8M school levy election?