From Trussville Tribune staff reports
JEFFERSON COUNTY — Two county-wide ad valorem taxes were on the ballot Tuesday in a special election. The taxes are earmarked for education in the county, and passed overwhelmingly. Trussville held a city-wide election for an additional tax as well, to benefit the city’s school system. The local tax also passed in a landslide.
In Trussville, voters turned out to approve the 30-year tax by large margins. The county-wide 2.1 mill ad valorem tax passed in Trussville with 85.7 percent of the vote. A separate 5.4 mill county-wide tax passed with 85.6 percent of the vote. The district 5.1 mill tax that will serve Trussville City Schools only passed with 86.2 percent of the vote.
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, 96 percent of the ballots in Jefferson County were counted, and the county-wide taxes are seeing incredibly wide margins. The 2.1 mill tax has 92.79 percent of the vote, while the 5.4 mill tax is passing with 92.49 percent.
This story will be updated with the latest numbers as they are totaled.
9 Comments
Kenneth Mcintyre
keep the $$ flowing while the schools fail. Ignorant voters !
Jennifer Chinnis Lawley
Did you vote?
Wendell G. Hogan
Well actually only 7 1/2 percent were ignorant voters. I’m guessing you helped make up the ignorant side of the vote!
Kenneth Mcintyre
If you voted to give your $$ to failing schools, then I we know who who the ignorant really is
Jennifer Chinnis Lawley
I we know who who still hasn’t answered the question.
Bob Hood
They just need more money. What do you not under stand ?
Chuck Biddinger
LOL
Scott Buttram
Look at the bright side, Chuck. Your taxes aren’t going up. They’re just not going away. On behalf of Jefferson County students and public schools, thank you for your contribution. 😉
Mark Rupright
The myth of failing schools in the 80s created the “solutions” that actually have hurt schools ever since.