Congratulations to Building Newton’s Future. Party on!
Question One:
- 9,649 yes
- 8,199 no
Question Two (Angier):
- 9,904 yes
- 7,893 no
Question Three (Cabot)
- 9,879 yes
- 7,919 no
by Nathan Phillips | Mar 12, 2013 | Newton | 8 comments
Congratulations to Building Newton’s Future. Party on!
Question One:
Question Two (Angier):
Question Three (Cabot)
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Yay!
1.) Leadership.
2.) That, and a community that has the intelligence to navigate a ballot with debt exclusions and an operating override to make a decision about what is in the City’s best interest.
We’ve come far.
I would say the vote doesn’t show overwhelming support. It shows that about 55% of the electorate is forcing about 45% of the electorate to pay taxes that they don’t support.
One may only hope that the city is as diligent in pursuing the promised results from this funding as they are in asking for it to be granted. Please don’t disappoint us, Newton. This is a beginning and not an end.
In 2008 , we defeated the override request 55 to 45%. We considered that a great victory. So too is it in 2013.
Sweeping around the edges:
Continually dismayed at low voter turnout. Heard too many times from neighbors, “There’s an election next week?” . Guarantee that next year, many envelopes will be opened with an astonished, “What? My escrow account is too low?! The Bank/Mortgage Company says I need to pay more per month? How did this happen?”
I think it pretty much went the way I expected. Setti did this as a special election, instead of waiting for one of the up-coming elections, spending extra (wasting) money. But the usual low turnout of an off-cycle election, combined with a high turnout in the precincts affected by Angier, Cabot, and Zervas, because of a lot of campaigning there, tipped the voting to the yes side.
My guess is that if everyone in Newton voted the overrides would have failed. The color chart on another blog clearly shows where the overrides were favored. But many people just either don’t even know or don’t bother in an off-cycle election. They were told that the money wouldn’t be a lot, so they just let it go.
This reflects a great deal of manipulation of the system by the administration. It’s good and usual, but dishonest politics. I still don’t trust Setti, and I suggest we keep our eyes open as to where that additional $8.4 million goes and compare it to the campaign rhetoric. I think it will differ greatly.
Mark, you typically need to adjust your escrow every two years anyways due to 2.5% increases….
Barry: An election is an election. Generally, my understanding was the it was HARDER to pass special election overrides, not easier. I think the override would have passed overwhelmingly in a typical election cycle.