Fwd: Small Number Of Voters To Determine Future Of Education Sales Tax
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Becker < lbbecker48@gmail.com > Subject: Small Number Of Voters To Determine Future Of Education Sales Tax Date: March 13, 2021 at 3:00:03 AM EST To: < danjmatt@bellsouth.net > Reply-To: < lbbecker48@gmail.com > View this email in your browser Oconee County Observations Dear Friends, Only 1,282 voters cast a ballot in early voting, which ended Friday, or returned an absentee ballot, making it almost certain that a very small percentage of Oconee County's 31,965 registered voters is going to decide the fate of a major educational tax referendum. Oconee County Schools is asking citizens to approve a new Education Local Option Sales Tax–effectively continuing the one in place–and authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for up to $42,950,000 to finance construction of a list of new capital projects. Included is a third middle school at the site of the existing Dove Creek Elementary School in the far northwest of the county, ad