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59% YES
CITY ELECTIONS
41% NO
SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY
PASSED Voter turnout: 26.6 percent The levy will generate $14 million for the district’s operating budget for two years, starting next fall. Story, page 3
Voter turnout: 28.2 percent MERIDIAN MAYOR: De Weerd wins MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL Seat 1 (unopposed): n Anne Little Roberts 8,898 votes Seat 3 (unopposed): n Ty Palmer: 8,758 votes Seat 5 (unopposed): n Genesis Milam: 8,765 votes Stories, page 3 Palmer 17.6% 1,958 votes
de Weerd 78% 8,711 votes
Homan 4.3% 480 votes
MERIDIAN LIBRARY DISTRICT BOND
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FAILED YES: 7,396 (59 percent). NO: 5,133 (41 percent). Voter turnout: 27.3 percent The bond required at least two-thirds of the vote to pass. The $12 million would have funded the construction of two library branches, including a branch in the new YMCA/Hillsdale Elementary facility in south Meridian to serve students and the public. Story, page 9
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TRENDING
COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS
The turmoil in the West Ada School District has prompted former governor candidate and Boise School District trustee A.J. Balukoff to join the race against West Ada’s Mike Vuittonet for president of the Idaho School Boards Association.
Rocky Mountain High School’s rugby team is asking for your unwanted clothing, shoes and linens, which will be swapped for cash to support the mother of two brothers on the team who is battling cancer.
Less than a week after former Superintendent Linda Clark’s short-notice resignation, West Ada school board members selected the district’s chief operations officer, Joe Yochum, as interim superintendent.
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