Finally some press coverage:
The Iowa City district opted to ask voters for a $39 million bond issue in 2003 rather than a local option tax, sensing voter opposition to a sales tax. Voters approved the bond issue to pay for new schools and remodeling of others.
Iowa City school board President Pete Wallace said he is unsure if opposition to a sales tax has waned.
Oh, the opposition's still there...
The press spin seems to be that the small districts - Solon and Clear Creek Amana - are the ones asking this. But because ICCSD is more than half the county population, they make the decision for everyone. Solon and Lone Tree have both passed big bonds in recent years; CCA votes Tuewsday. So support for education is there - but support for regressive taxation is not.
The Gazette also covers this.
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