Marion voters renew school tax, approve $140 million parks bond

Marion County voters on Nov. 3 renewed the school district’s one-mill operating tax for four more years and approved up to $140 million in bonds for parks, trails and land conservation.

There was no public campaign opposing either initiative.

With all 106 precincts reporting, the school tax passed with 105,045 votes, or 67.71%, to 50,104 against, according to unofficial results from the Marion County Supervisor of Elections. The parks bond passed with 116,797 votes, or 74.67%, to 39,622 against…

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