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Colonial School District Tax and Bond Measure Defeated

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Voters in the Colonial School District turned down a measure that would have produced nearly $11 million in annual tax revenue.

They also said no to the issuance of $4.7 million in bonds for improving school security.

The Wilmington New Journal reports that nearly 3-thousand people voted against the tax measure while around 2-thousand supported it.

When it came to the bond issue around 27-hundred voted against it while 21-hundred supported the measure.

The tax measure would have represented an increase of 39.4 cents for $100 of assessed property value.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.