It didn’t take Madison County voters long to fill out their ballots, Tuesday.
Beisdes the Presidential Primary, the voters who reside within the boundaries of the Fredericktown R-I School District voted on a 55-cent increase in the school district’s operating levy in the Tuesday, February 5 election. The levy increased failed, as there were 848 “Yes” votes and 1,478 “No” votes.
R-I Superintendent Dr. Kelly Burlison said the increase was necessary to replace heating and cooling equipment which is “desperately needed” at the high school.
In the Presidential Primary, Madison County voters voted for the following candidates:
Democrat: Hillary Clinton-971 votes; Barack Obama-344 votes; John Edwards-64 votes; Ralph Spelbring-one vote; Dennis J. Kucinich-one vote; Bill Richardson-six votes; Joe Biden-four votes; Christopher J. Dodd-zero votes; Mike Gravel-zero votes; uncommitted-22 votes.
Republican: Ron Paul-51 votes; Fred Thompson-five votes; Mitt Romney-185 votes; Rudy Giulliani-seven votes; John McCain-452 votes; Mike Huckabee-560 votes; Virgil L.R. Wiles-one vote; Tom Tancredo-zero votes; Duncan Hunter-one vote; Hugh Cort-zero votes; Alan Keyes-one vote; Daniel Gilbert-zero votes; Uncommitted-11 votes.
Libertarian: Wayne A Root-zero votes; Daniel Imperato-zero votes; George Philles-one vote; Michael P. Jingozian-zero votes; Steve Kubby-zero votes; Dave Hollist-zero votes; uncommitted-zero votes.
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Local Citizen posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 10:42 am
No one I've spoken to even knew it was going to be on the ballot! I was out of town the week before the election, but this should've been presented to the public WEEKS or even months ago! BUT, if the District continues to allow the obvious neglect of our current facilities (inside AND out!)and continues to turn their backs on the abuse of campuses by students, staff, and employees, the community will NEVER be willing to do anything. The District HAS to show the community that they care about what we have NOW, and THEN people will be more willing to vote for something like this. The community already knows there is a need, as you can see by this first vote on the issue. But SOMEONE at each campus needs to step up and make sure that all the janitors are doing their jobs by CLEANING and addressing repairs QUICKLY. Teachers, principals, and other staff members need to hold students responsible for leaving their trash laying around school campuses, marking on walls/floors, tearing up seats on school buses, etc. But, no one seems to care!
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