Just one school bond measure of nine failed and three of 16 fire funding proposals failed to pass on Nov. 3, among more than 80 local ballot measures.
Oregonians on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved new, or renewed, taxes to fund rural firefighting departments and school districts.
Funding for local fire districts were on ballots in one quarter of Oregon’s 36 counties, and just three of 16 proposals failed. Among nine school districts that asked local taxpayers to approve a bond or levy — essentially taking out a loan to pay for services and infrastructure — just one school district, in Harney County, failed to get approval.
These were among more than 80 local ballot measures Oregonians in 27 counties were asked to vote on in the midterm election. Others that passed include bans on marijuana or psilocybin processing and sales, as well as a 1-cent gas tax in the town of Rufus, population roughly 250…