Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you're kidding, right? 100,000 voters tell you that they don't want to spend money on building facilities and you simply ignore that? 15% of the registered voters doesn't give you (school board member) some pause for reflection?

You don't have a very high regard for the political savvy of the Board members I guess.

Yes, when the percentage of voters approving bonds remains very high, and about where it has been for years, you don't worry about the small fraction who voted against them. Sorry if you made such a tiny splash.

Ignoring your gratuitous, snarky comment, you seem to have overlooked that an additional 25,000 - 50,000 voters said NO to generally non-controversial bonds - and this from an electorate that was clearly energized in favor of the Dems. More careful analysis suggests that this indicates something unusual, although I see your simple view that as long as the percentage in favor is high there's nothing to be concerned about. Hillary made that mistake as well...

Anonymous wrote:
There's nothing in these results that will send any message to the School Board other than keep doing what you're doing.

The problem is with the ballot questions. Most people when asked "should we spend more on education" will automatically start thinking that children are our future and yes we should teach them well, so that they can grow up and lead the way, to show them all the beauty they possess inside and give them a sense of pride, even if it is just for the simple pleasure of hearing them laugh and reminding us how we used to be.

But real life is not a Whitney Houston song; that money comes from somewhere and we are all careful with spending when it is physically coming out of our own pockets. So lets sit down and decide how much money is enough and what is truly needed by the schools to effective teach our kids.

Anonymous wrote:you're kidding, right? 100,000 voters tell you that they don't want to spend money on building facilities and you simply ignore that? 15% of the registered voters doesn't give you (school board member) some pause for reflection?

You don't have a very high regard for the political savvy of the Board members I guess.

Yes, when the percentage of voters approving bonds remains very high, and about where it has been for years, you don't worry about the small fraction who voted against them. Sorry if you made such a tiny splash.

you're kidding, right? 100,000 voters tell you that they don't want to spend money on building facilities and you simply ignore that? 15% of the registered voters doesn't give you (school board member) some pause for reflection?

You don't have a very high regard for the political savvy of the Board members I guess.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

259,871 YES (72.8%)
96,980 NO

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/returns.htm

Nov 3 2009 School Bonds
YES 181670 70.21%
NO 77094 29.79%

Nov 8 2011 School Bonds
YES 133549 69.78%
NO 57838 30.22%

Nov 5 2013 School Bonds
YES 216341 73.82%
NO 76716 26.18%

Nov 3 2015 School Bonds
YES 136278 73.15%
NO 50020 26.85%

What's interesting here is that Fairfax County voter turnout was up approximately 35% over the average of the past 6 non-Presidential year elections - and much of that increase was Dem voters. And yet the number of votes against the school bonds (100,000) was about 1.5-2X the past average NO vote (varying between approximately 50,000 - 77,000). So, why did the additional Dem voters not lift the average YES vote substantially?

I've heard from several voters who voted NO to send a message to the School Board. This is the first time I've ever heard of this motivation to vote NO.

There's nothing in these results that will send any message to the School Board other than keep doing what you're doing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

259,871 YES (72.8%)
96,980 NO

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/returns.htm

Nov 3 2009 School Bonds
YES 181670 70.21%
NO 77094 29.79%

Nov 8 2011 School Bonds
YES 133549 69.78%
NO 57838 30.22%

Nov 5 2013 School Bonds
YES 216341 73.82%
NO 76716 26.18%

Nov 3 2015 School Bonds
YES 136278 73.15%
NO 50020 26.85%

What's interesting here is that Fairfax County voter turnout was up approximately 35% over the average of the past 6 non-Presidential year elections - and much of that increase was Dem voters. And yet the number of votes against the school bonds (100,000) was about 1.5-2X the past average NO vote (varying between approximately 50,000 - 77,000). So, why did the additional Dem voters not lift the average YES vote substantially?

I've heard from several voters who voted NO to send a message to the School Board. This is the first time I've ever heard of this motivation to vote NO.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

259,871 YES (72.8%)
96,980 NO

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/returns.htm

Nov 3 2009 School Bonds
YES 181670 70.21%
NO 77094 29.79%

Nov 8 2011 School Bonds
YES 133549 69.78%
NO 57838 30.22%

Nov 5 2013 School Bonds
YES 216341 73.82%
NO 76716 26.18%

Nov 3 2015 School Bonds
YES 136278 73.15%
NO 50020 26.85%

They always pass. It's so very easy to spend other peoples money.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

259,871 YES (72.8%)
96,980 NO

Let's see if the undercover Trumpies here, who have insisted that their protest votes are based on many sincerely-held non-Stuart concerns, actually engage with the school board to address those concerns now that the bond authority has been approved.

I am... less than optimistic about that.

Anonymous wrote:they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

259,871 YES (72.8%)
96,980 NO

they always pass--it used to be almost unanimous. Now, there is protest.

Anonymous wrote:Passing by over 2-1 vote.

Not even close.

+1. School bonds are going to pass easily. Too bad, so sad OP.

Passing by over 2-1 vote.

Not even close.

I voted no

I voted yes.