Where to find information on Wisconsin public school referenda

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Custom Referenda/Resolution Reports

Table includes the following information

• District
• Vote date (e.g., 2/16/2016)
• Amount (by school year and total, when appropriate)
• Type
• issue debt
• exceed revenue cap on a recurring basis
• exceed revenue cap on a non-recurring (NR) basis
• exceed revenue cap for energy efficiencies on a non-recurring basis
• Vote
• Yes
• No
• Result
• Brief description

The essential Wisconsin Budget Project Blog regularly reports on school referenda issues and results

Voters in 11 Districts Raise Taxes on Themselves for Schools  (2/17/2016)

Which includes this handy-dandy map showing the 78.5% success rate of Tuesday's school referenda.

These very conservative GOP legislators, highlighted below (including the gasket-blowin' Bob Gannon), would like to take away local control and make it more difficult for school district to go to the voters.  Fortunately, as reported in the WBP blogpost, the bill is not likely to pass.

Assembly Bill 481

AB481 mapped

Who knows? Shit-faced students might have thrown trash from the rooftop pool.

"Exceptional student life happens at Sol Y Luna."

Photo credit:  Sol y Luna

Residents in high-rise near UA to be evicted.  (Arizona Daily Star, 1/28/2016)

I imagine Donald Trump has significant support among the residents of this building.  In the last two weeks, the Islamic Center of Tucson has noted four separate incidents of residents throwing trash, particularly alcohol bottles and cans, from their balconies and into the parking lot of the mosque, Hasan said.

Why this article makes me think about Lucky 13.

Also reported in the New York Times:   University of Arizona Students Hurl Insults, and Litter, at Mosque in Tucson.  (2/16/2016)

Gomers at Mediate tell just half the story in headline

Here's what happens when folks aren't inquisitive enough to do a little research.

Mediaite, 2/17/2016

The headline refers to Question 9 in a recent Suffolk University/USA Today poll.  (highlights added)

Here's what happens when a smart polling service asks the appropriate follow-up question. (highlights added)

These survey results provide evidence for the....

1. political dysfunction caused by a huge partisan divide
2. deteriorating state of the GOP.