Red = YES votes
Blue = NO votes
Posted on 04/30/2011 11:44:10 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
Election results don’t get much more lopsided than this.
The massive proposed School tax increase was defeated on all four propositions by a vote of 87% against to 12% for.
Can the school board and the federal judge possibly be any more out of touch with what the electorate wants?
The Yard Sign photo is courtesy of Tim Patrick.
The ‘yes’ crowd struggled to get above 60 votes in any single voting district in the Parish. The ‘no’ vote was able to get more than 300 votes in 8 voting districts – with one district over 500 votes and another one over 600 votes.
The plot below shows the distribution of YES votes versus NO votes for each voting district.
Based on results from the Louisiana Secretary of State
Color Scheme: Red = YES votes Blue = NO votes
Only precincts 2 and 6 voted with the School Board and the Judge.
The plot to the right shows the location of those two precincts.
The plot below shows the voting districts that went heavily to the NO vote.
TANGIPAHOA 2011-04-30 21:59:02.400
PW School Dist. Prop.#1 — $120,000,000 Bonds – SB – 20 Yrs. Yes 12.99% 2,615 No 87.01% 17,509
PW School Dist. Prop.#2 —Assume Outstanding Debt – SB Yes 12.50% 2,502 No 87.50% 17,513
PW School Dist. Prop.#3 — 10 Mills – SB – 10 Yrs. Yes 12.22% 2,465 No 87.78% 17,699
PW Educational Fac.Imp.Dist. — 1% S&U – BOD – 30 Yrs. Yes 12.72% 2,563 No 87.28% 17,592
Detailed results for proposition 1
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The Parish voters were under threat from federal judge Lemelle (Clinton appointee) that if they don't vote for the taxes, he may impose them anyway.
Very wise.
No amount of additional money well make it beyond the Union to the kids.
This judge cannot impose taxes and I would expect impeachment to commence immediately if the scumbag tries.
The schools aren’t about the kids anymore no matter how much the teacher’s unions claim they are. They haven’t been about the kids for a long, long time. And that’s why the schools are failing miserably.
There are many areas of the country where these types of votes are problematic because of the tax base. In places where schools are funded through property taxes, those paying no taxes or owning no property almost always vote yes on these proposals. There needs to be some way of leveling this playing field when people vote on taxes.
Here’s a tax that I was in the middle of with my blog.
Ouachita rejects jail tax
Ouachita Parish voters overwhelmingly defeated a tax proposition on Saturday designed to help fund the Ouachita Correctional Center.
The quickest and easiest way to prevent the moochers from voting for more taxes is for very voter on that issue to show his or her tax receipt from the local taxing authority. I would allow even voluntary contributions to the local taxing authority to count. But this kind of “poll tax” would never pass judicial review; somewhere a judge would be found who would over turn the idea.
One solution to this issue is to stop funding the judiciary for a while.
BTW do you know that our founding fathers excluded a considerable number of people int eh various state because they didn't meet a final worth threshold? Seems they thought only those with a vested interest in the success of the states and nations should be allowed to control their destiny through voting rights. I have to wonder where we would be if that concept hadn't been thrown away by the judicial activists?
I was aware of that. I also hear more opinions from taxpayers who agree with that sentiment. It’s hard to ever see anything like that happening however. I think we would have to deconstruct our entire system of government and start over again before it could be accomplished. It’s really a shame, too, because limiting the size of government could actually be accomplished if only those who had skin in the game could participate in elections.
School spending per child has skyrocketed while test scores have flatline over the last 30 years.
I never attended a public school. I went to Catholic elementary and high schools, a private Catholic university, and a private medical school.
Teachers and professors (at least at that time) were consistently paid less than they were at public institutions yet the schools outperformed their public counterparts.
I incurred amazingly little debt in the process due to their generosity and a Navy scholarship which I paid back with time served.
I have difficulty generating much sympathy for what happens in the public schools.
For 30 years, a federal judge did exactly that in Kansas City, Missouri. And, he imposed them not only in Kansas City/Jackson County, but also in surrounding Missouri counties who saw no benefit from the taxes - the money was used to fund Kansas City schools.
The problem is when more money goes to the school system, it never makes its way to the teacher. The administrators go out and buy “programs” to implement that of course requires new assistants to help implement them. Our county went from all principals reporting directly to the superintendent to at least three levels of bureaucracy between the pricipals and the superintendent.
Blacks are 12% of the population.
Coincidence?
My tagline for a pretty good while was “No Representation without Taxation.”
It boils down this issue pretty well.
I meant to ping you to my post just above as well.
A judge will declare the results racist and over-turn the election.
Actually, the local NAACP was AGAINST this tax!
http://www.youtube.com/user/actionnews17?feature=mhum#p/u/14/uF72a5j4gdI
Pat Morris
From: actionnews17 | Apr 25, 2011 | 201 views
Tangipahoa NAACP President opposes school board taxes and the so-called, “desegregation plan” that they would fund.
Shame on the cowards there who let that piece of sh!+ judge get away with it.
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