By Jennifer Feals
jfeals@seacoastonline.com
KENNEBUNK – The $35.9 million RSU 21 budget passed Tuesday by 361 votes.
Combining
all three towns, 965 residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel
voted Tuesday with 663 supporting the proposal and 302 voting against
it.
arundelmaine@roadrunner.comWednesday, May 16, Combining all three towns, 965 residents of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel voted Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you believe the voter turn out was so low in all three communities for a $35.9 MILLION DOLLAR Budget? This should be concerning to all three communities!
Maybe the communities as a whole believe the school board is acting responsible.
DeleteI agree, it should be of concern to all three communities. Importantly, Arundel voted it down. Historically, Arundel hasn't passed a budget since consolidation. From what I am understanding, a lot of people didn't know about the vote.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean just like they did not know what they were voting on with the cost sharing? Maybe the anti crowd is starting to understand the real issue. Even the no votes in arundel had weak numbers.
Delete10:26 AM www.pressherald.com
ReplyDeleteVoters pass RSU 21's $35.9 million budget
By Leslie Bridgers lbridgers@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
KENNEBUNK — Residents in Regional School Unit 21 on Tuesday approved the district's $35.9 million budget for 2012-2013.
In total, voters in Arundel, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport approved the budget, 663-302, according to Kennebunkport Town Clerk April Dufoe.
Arundel residents voted 130-82 against the budget, while voters in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport approved it, 399-137 and 182-35, respectively, Dufoe said.
RSU23 passed their budget of $42.4m. You want to be a part of that rsu?
ReplyDeleteBiddeford's budget passed at $28m. You may think the grass is greener elsewhere, but you better do your homework.
I'd posit that a lack of self-education is exactly the reason this small group of people feels we should withdraw, why they cried about tax increases if we'd voted for a cost-sharing formula last year, and why some don't feel that MLD's programs are something our children should be participating in.
DeleteI'm terribly disappointed at the abysmal turnout. Why don't people care about what goes on in this town? It's the small group of angry people who are going to determine what happens if those non-participating, non-voting people don't wake up.