Does this mean the governor won and can hold the line on taxes?
Or the teacher unions “won” and will now force the governor to “tax the rich”?
(and see many more of them move to FL and Delaware!
Tax the rich” COST Maryland $106 million in 2009)
My guess is that the governor "won." The people who vote on these questions seem to be predominantly those with kids in the schools and most of them vote "yes." So defeating more than half of the budgets seems to me to be rather significant.
ML/NJ
This is a big victory for Christie...Most of these budgets pass automatically every year. 55% defeat rate is unheard of in these elections...some of the county results were stunning...Participation rate was almost 30% of voters...
Teachers need to get a clue...Nobody, asks for pay raises in a recession and people have absolutely NO sympathy for someone that does not contribute to their healtcare costs...Typcial liberals think it’s okay to raise your taxes to pay for their benefits, but they can’t use their own money to provide for their families...So, now there will be even more layoffs in school districts...sometimes the lesson is hard to learn....