Craig: “Not that anyone reads things beyond the first page of this blog, but the Brandon bond vote failed horribly. Those in support of the new park managed to collect less than 7% of the vote. That’s right – over 93% of the voters voted against a 12.5MM park that would have added $300 in taxes per $100k of value.
Saw this one coming from eight miles away. Just another example of how out of touch city leaders are from the citizens.”
BRANDON, SD – It’s back to the drawing board for Brandon’s City Council and its plans for a city park.
1,940 ballots cast Tuesday voted against plans for a $12-million renovation to Aspen Park.
134 voters were in favor of the proposal to updated the town’s pool and add softball and baseball fields.
If the bond had passed it would’ve added $300 in property taxes per $100,000 of value.
WOW! I knew this would probably fail, but the bigger failure is the proposed plan the Brandon city council came up with. It reminds me of when the SF city council approves of something and the public is strongly opposed, or vice versa, like snowgates. The Spring municipal election should be very telling of just how much the public agrees with their local government officials. Apparently in Brandon, they don’t have much confidence in their proposals.