More analysis of Tuesday’s election, focusing on the $412 million school bond that passed with 55 percent of the vote.
Local political guru Bill Burckley speculates that a high female turnout was a major factor because female voters generally support bonds. Funny, that’s in line with my father-in-law’s theory about bond supporters down in Charlotte —- housewives who need something to do while their husbands are killing themselves in the banking industry to pay property taxes.
Guilford County Commissioner Billy Yow has another theory in this (unposted) N&R story:
Yow, who supported the jail bond but not the others, said many of the primary voters consisted of college students who might not live here and won’t ultimately have to foot the bill for the bonds in the form of higher taxes.
“They’re going to go back home and we’re going to feel the pain,” he said.
That bothers Yow, who said that perhaps those who aren’t long-term residents of the county shouldn’t be allowed to participate in those kinds of decisions.
In the end, though, the decision has been made, and the county will have to cover the cost.
“It is what it is,” Yow said. “The cost is coming.”
What kills me is the fact that, two days after the bonds passed, the Guilford County is already complaining that money is tight, while the school board will spend more money on property insurance, in case another school burns down.
