Election 2022: Voters support Windsor school funding, open space tax
Windsor-area voters looked favorably on tax increases for open space and schools on Tuesday.
Windsor voters support tax increase for more open space
Early results Tuesday night showed voters are in favor of increasing the town's sales tax by 0.25% to fund acquisition of more open space areas.
The measure was winning with 59% of counted ballots as of 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Tom Jones, chair of Friends of Windsor Open Space, told the Coloradoan they were "hoping for the best" and encouraged that "something we’ve been talking about for a long time might finally take place."
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Windsor-Severance school district bond and mill levy issues have support
Initial results Tuesday night also showed voters support Weld RE-4’s two funding issues.
Issues 4B — the $271 million bond that came to voters this year after several previous failed bond measures — and 4C — a $5 million mill levy —on Weld County’s ballot were both supported with about 55% of the votes in favor of these issues as of 11 p.m. Tuesday.
The bond will pay for new schools in the district, while the mill levy will help increase teacher pay and pay to staff new facilities.
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This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Election Day 2022: Ballot issues in Windsor, Colorado
