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Old 11-10-2011, 04:06 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I don't know how ALL the voters felt and I never claimed to. I said it passed with 19% of available voters voting yes. It passed with a majority of those WHO BOTHERED TO SHOW UP. In things like this you can really see how an energized special interest group who may or may not represent the majority, can get what they want because of the apathy of the general public.
Or they can pull a stunt like my local district did. A huge build-new-schools bond passed that has raised my property tax by 40%. It passed by 14 votes. I got a notice about the election in my mailbox, the day after voting was over.
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