[Winona Online Democracy]
I believe that Jake Wagner first
mentioned rural opposition to referenda. He is correct. Returns from the
November 2004 levy vote revealed that in the areas outside Winona and Goodview,
the referendum was overwhelmingly defeated: 67 percent against and 33 percent
for. In the city of Winona, negative votes constituted 48 percent and in
Goodview, 59 percent. Although the issue of relative wealth clouded the
rural-urban distinction (and played a significant role in overall voting), the
evidence of geographic difference is indisputable. Despite the difference,
however, I do agree with Dwayne Voegeli that the new assignment of voting places
does not indicate any intentional discrimination against rural voters. The
change will speed up vote-counting and save the county money.
Nationally, rural voters within
urban districts have tended to vote against referenda, but opposition is by no
means a foregone conclusion. Within the realities of perceived financial
ability, if these voters feel that increased taxes will benefit their own
children as well as others, they can be highly supportive.
Roy
Nasstrom
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:00
AM
Subject: RE: [Winona] school
voting/utilites
[Winona Online Democracy]
I
want to keep sources accurate - someone wrote that farm dwellers
vote No on school referenda, but it wasn't me. There may be a
statistical tendency one way or the other, but I'm sure there's some of each
in the city and the country.
Phil
Carlson, Mpls
I in no way implied I felt discriminated
against. I am a farmer and I would not want to live anywhere else. As Jim
stated when one lives in the country we make sure we have what we need
before coming back home from town. I am not sure why that was even brought
up because I was discussing the school vote.
In my opinion the school district is having
fewer country voting polls open in hopes that less no votes are cast,
as Phil mentioned earlier country/farm dwellers tend to vote no on
school referedums.
Anne has now stated that the county may make
these polling places permenant changes. That is too bad because I fear too
many country people, especially the elderly, will not get out to vote.
As for the supposed sewage in Pleasant Valley I
would bet any tests come back as animal waste.
I am curious as to how the sewage and water
hook up costs are calculated. I have a cousin who lives along
hwy 43 and she has told me that the city intends to charge her $12,000.00 to
hook up if she choses to do so. Her question to me was why should she
have to pay for anything that goes past her home? She is under the
impression she is paying for however many feet of utilites will run along in
front of her home plus any that run to her home. Shouldn't the
developer have to pay for whatever runs in front/along the road to these
developments? Or was she given the wrong information? I
understand paying for what runs to ones home from the main
lines.
Anyone know the answer to this?
Linda Fort
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