Washington: Port Townsend Voters Reject Library Bond By a Landslide

From the Peninsula Daily News:

Voters soundly defeated a $3 million bond measure to fund Port Townsend Library renovations.
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The measure, which required a 60 percent supermajority for approval, received the reverse in Tuesday night’s ballot count — 2,206, or 61.31 percent, voting no, and 1,392, or 38.69 percent, in favor of the proposed bond.
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The estimated tax cost was 14 cents per $1,000 of assessed property valuation. For an owner of a $200,000 home, the tax would be $28 per year.
The money was earmarked for a $4.3 million project to build a new, two-story addition in place of one constructed in 1990. The addition would create space for collections and have a top-floor community meeting place.
he library has been located in the Mountain View Campus, 1919 Blaine St., since March 2012 when it vacated the Carnegie location to accommodate a seismic retrofit.
The library stayed in its temporary location beyond the expected eight months when expansion advocates sought to find funding for the full renovation with the bond issue.
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Now that the measure is defeated, the city will work on a plan for the future of the library, according to City Manager David Timmons. 

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