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School Bond or Levy Revisited

Looks like we may be voting on this again in August 2014.  The school district is probably going to have 2 propositions in August.  The school board voted 3-2 Thursday night to put both a $60 million capital bond and a $55.9 million capital levy on the ballot in August.  If both pass, the $55.9 million levy would shrink considerably and only cover technology improvements, not capital projects.

If the levy passes and the bond fails, capital projects, such as a new building for Artondale Elementary and a school in Gig Harbor North, would proceed with levy funding.

Vice versa, if the bond passes and levy fails: Only bond projects would go through.

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This is the most confusing thing I've ever seen in property tax propositions.  If both pass, then the levy still applies, just for a lower amount and they still get 10 million more than they asked for in November on the bond, which means they receive MORE than a 10 million increase over Novembers Proposition.  

What happened to 48 million for 2 schools?  Now they need 5.9 million more for a levy, 10 million more for a bond?  This is nuts.

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