The city of Conway got one of its Christmas wishes early this year as voters narrowly approved the re-bonding issues in yesterday’s election. In what can only be described as a dismal turn out the votes were as follows:
Conway Tax, Question 1
100% Reporting
For, 1,341
Against, 1,001
Conway Tax, Question 2
100% Reporting
For, 1,331
Against, 978
Conway Tax, Question 3
100% Reporting
For, 1,366
Against, 944
It’s really hard to say what caused the people’s apathy about this issue, Vivian, a local forum member, says, "One precinct worker told me that hers had 1200 registered voters, and as of closing time, 69 voters had voted. The one next to her had 30. That is really sad and we should be ashamed of it." One could speculate it had something to do with timing of the publication citing extreme budget cuts. If that were the case then the Mayor and his staff deserve a round of applause for intimidating and misleading the voters to the point of apathy.
But the city got what they wanted, a "new" tax with more money to spend. As Hula, another local forum member put it,
More money to spend, but we are always broke,
More promises, but we are always broke,
More taxes, but we are always broke,
More houses built, but we are always broke,
More un-necessary street projects done, but we are always broke,
More citizens, but we are always broke,
More shopping, but we are always broke,
More shooting range, but we are always broke,
More CALEA, but we are always broke,
More shotguns, but we can't find the others.
We will have to wait and see if the city’s leaders live up to this assertion when it comes time to beg for more taxes as hint at by Mayor Townsell.
2 comments:
I guess the people of Conway just love to pay taxes. They could have lowered their tax burden simply by voting.
And I guess they really just don't care what their local government does with their money.
What a low turnout.
What a low point for the citizens of Conway.
The Log Cabin Democrat - if they care to take on hard news - should publish the names of everyone that didn't vote. They should all be ashamed, and embarrassed. -TG
According to the Log Cabin Democrat, the Conway Mayor says "a clear majority of the public" voted in favor of these taxes.
Interesting Mr. Mayor, do you really believe that little over 4000 yes votes is a clear majority of the public?
Aren't you in a census right now, gambling $600k that the city of Conway has over 50000 citizens?
Seems to me that the yes votes may in fact be more like less than 10% of the public. And I call less than 10% hardly a clear majority.
Mr. Mayor, if you run your city and it's budget like you do your math, Conway is in for a very troubled future.
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