Referendum bid crushed

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Voters in the North Adams school district on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a general fund referendum which would have generated $1.25 million in additional property tax revenues annually for seven years.

Ballot results showed 86 percent of district residents who went to the polls on Tuesday were not in favor of a tax increase. The final tally was 2,144-345 against the referendum.

The school vote was the lone issue to be decided by voters in Adams County during this year's primary election balloting, and voter turnout was predictably light. Only one-fourth of eligible voters throughout the school district — 26 percent — cast votes on Tuesday.