Mill levy D11

[otowi]

There may be a lot of older folks in D11, but there are lot of nice homes in D11 and these are not all starving senior citizens. Many of them are doing fine to much better than fine. I find it so sad that people have an "I've got mine" attitude and don't care about the future of the city and our youth. But that seems to be a very popular lifestyle these days. I still hold out hope that we may pass this mill levy. The district really has no other options.

[TCHP]

IIRC, previous votes have been reasonably close, such as within 5-10 points that the measures have lost by. They have not been total blow outs. That would tell me that there is only a small percentage that needs to be convinced this is in their best interest to get a simple majority for passage.

What I have found interesting in online conversations about the measure is the broad range of reasons to say no beyond simple economics. For example, one was a conspiracy theory of the whole Prussian model of education, one was about the lack of top down total make over of D11, one was even a 35 year old grudge about how the district built a new Admin Building after passage of a previous measure back on the late 70s. IMO, the biggest and toughest conversations are with those who refuse to pay because they don't care about the bigger picture. By far, most of the conversations I've had are positive, whether it is for actual education, for perception of property value, or for business retention and growth prospects.

Some online straw polls I've seen have show sufficient support of the measure to get is passed this time. Perhaps seeing everyone else around the region approve education has motivated some. Perhaps rises in crime levels have motivated others. I don't know. However, I also know that not everyone who may be voting has the technology, nor desire to view things in a broader spectrum and these polls have an inherent bias that may not translate to the actual voting population.