Redwood City Elementary Schools parcel tax, Measure E, 2009
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A Redwood City Elementary Schools parcel tax, Measure E ballot proposition was on the June 2, 2009 ballot in San Mateo County, California, for voters in the Redwood City Elementary School district.[1]
If Measure E had passed, it would have imposed a $91 annual education parcel tax for five years which would have raised about $2.2 million in taxes.[2]
- Yes: 6,324 (62.1%)
- No: 3,857 (37.9%)
(Note: 2/3rds of those voting had to vote "yes" for the measure to pass.)
Measure E represented the third time in the last 17 years that the Redwood City elementary school district has put a parcel tax measure on the ballot. The previous attempts (Measure A in 1993 and Measure V in 2005) also failed.[1]
School board candidates emerge
In the wake of Measure E's defeat, Jack Hickey and Lea Cuniberti-Duran declared their intention to run for seats on the Redwood City Elementary school board.
Hickey said that one reason he decided to run for a spot on the school board is the school board's push for Measure E: "The Redwood City School District wasted more than $200,000 on the recent parcel tax election. Its leadership cannot go unchallenged in this election."
Hickey and Cuniberti-Duran are running against incumbents Maria Diaz-Slocum and Hilary Paulson.[3]
Election costs
The school district paid $139,000 to a political consulting firm to do "pre-election research" which included a survey of voters conducted in February 2009 to find out how voters were likely to perceive a parcel tax measure. Based on that poll, which indicated that 73% of likely voters would vote "yes", the trustees of the school voted in March 2009 to put the parcel tax measure on the June ballot.
Since there were no other ballot measures on the June ballot, the Redwood City Elementary School District will have to reimburse San Mateo County for the full $280,000 cost of administering the election.[2]
See also
External links
- Description of Measure E
- Ballot argument in favor of Measure E
- Ballot argument against Measure E
- June 2 election results
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