Thank You!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for joining our effort to defeating the proposed income tax. We want to thank all of the wonderful volunteers and supporters that made this victory possible. Without you, we could not have achieved this victory.
Lane County, Oregon
Special Election
May 17, 2011
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
20-182 CITY OF EUGENE
Income tax for schools Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . 16,326 37.77
No. . . . . . . . . . . 26,894 62.23
Over Votes . . . . . . . . 0
Under Votes . . . . . . . . 392
http://www.lanecounty.org/Departments/MS/CountyClerk/Elections/Pages/CurrentElectionSZAD.aspx
From the News
KVAL
May 2011 Election: ‘Even in losing, we have won’
By Beth Ford and Lauren Allison KVAL News
EUGENE, Ore. – Crying to the crowd, city measure 20-182 supporter Hillary Johnson said, “Even in losing, we have won.”
Ballot returns had the income tax for schools failing and the capital bond for school infrastructure renewal passing. >>> Election Results
“It’s always a challenge to ask people to tax themselves a little bit more,” Johnson said. Read More >>>
Register Guard
School income tax is soundly defeated
BY EDWARD RUSSO
The Register-Guard
Published: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 05:01AM
Even supporters of Eugene’s income tax for schools were surprised by the size of the defeat.
Eugene voters on Tuesday soundly rejected the tax measure, 64 percent to 36 percent.
“I’m surprised, but the voters have spoken,” Hillary Johnson, chairwoman of Strong Schools Eugene, the tax proponents’ group, said Tuesday night. “The fact of the matter is our schools need help and we need to work on a solution.” Read More >>>
Income tax vote no shock to many
BY MARK BAKER
The Register-Guard
Published: Thursday, May 19, 2011 05:01AM
Disappointment, not surprise.
That was the reaction Wednesday of many supporters of the city income tax for schools that was soundly defeated Tuesday by 62 percent of Eugene voters. Read More >>>
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