“Measure E for Everybody” ... That’s how the editorial board at the Sonoma Valley Sun had characterized this ballot measure a month ago, in its column dated October 4, 2007.
The idea was two-fold: everybody is affected by our local public school system, directly or indirectly, and everybody has a vote in whether a new, local funding source will be established.
Measure E would institute a $91 annual tax on all real estate parcels for the next six years. That calculates to less than 25¢ per day, and the funds would, according the text, “(a) restore cuts made in the District budget including, but not limited to, reductions in personnel; (b) library services; (c) vocational and career programs; (d) technology support; (e) college preparatory programs; (f) basic academic programs; and (g) recruiting and retention of highly qualified teachers.”
Over half of the ballots are reported to have been returned already, by mail, but
polls will stay open until 8 PM today, for those who haven’t voted yet:
Pueblo Serena Mobile Home Park Clubhouse
Grace Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Sonoma United Methodist Church Isaac Owen Room
Prestwood School Library Room #24
Merrill Gardens At Sonoma Card Room
Sonoma Valley Grange Main Hall
Sonoma County Corporation Yard
Glen Ellen Fire Department Meeting Room
La Luz Center Booker Hall
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Sonoma Valley Church of the Nazarene Fellowship Hall
Altimira School Library
Faith Lutheran Church of Sonoma Hall
Chantarelle Homeowners Association Main Club Room
Schell Vista Fire Station Training Room
