Can you imagine going to the polls and not having an opinion on a $62.2 million dollar referendum? Well, at least 294 voters did just that on Tuesday.
Anyone have any ideas why that would be?
Elm Grove had 45 ballots left blank; Brookfield had 249, both work out to be around 2% of the vote.
I did speak to one younger woman about the referendum on Friday. She said she really did not know much about it. She didn't feel she needed to look into it, because she did not have any children.
You do pay taxes though, I said. She seemed confused by that.
Another person told me of an older neighbor who did not feel it was their place to make any decision about the referendum, because they no longer had school age children. I can only wonder how many people share this view.
I am not sure where that idea comes from, but the school system belongs to all of the taxpayers, not just the parents of the students. Collectively we make the decision to increase spending by referendum.
Links:
Brookfield7,
Fairly Conservative,
Betterbrookfield,
Vicki Mckenna 
