{"id":3047,"date":"2008-04-01T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/04\/lcps-mil-levy-vote-is-today\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T16:01:00","slug":"lcps-mil-levy-vote-is-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/04\/lcps-mil-levy-vote-is-today\/","title":{"rendered":"LCPS mil levy vote is today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R_JcmIV6MOI\/AAAAAAAAFW4\/jdGB5-sjL0Q\/s1600-h\/LCPS+logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R_JcmIV6MOI\/AAAAAAAAFW4\/jdGB5-sjL0Q\/s200\/LCPS+logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184307931201024226\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Many people don\u2019t even know there\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcps.k12.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Cruces Public Schools<\/a> mil levy election today. That\u2019s probably going to lead to incredibly low voter turnout.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But the election is important. What the schools are asking is that voters approve the refinancing and restructuring of the district\u2019s debt to generate $35 million over the next five years to help with construction of new schools and renovations at existing schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Property taxes won\u2019t go up or down either way. If approved, the mil levy will come up for a new vote of approval or disapproval every six years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition to paying for renovations at existing schools, a \u201cyes\u201d vote today would help pay for a new high school that\u2019s currently estimated to cost $87 million, in addition to a new middle school and elementary school. All three will be built on the city\u2019s east side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. To find your polling place, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcps.k12.nm.us\/z-temp\/election\/Election%20Voting%20Locations.doc\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcps.k12.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Take the time to vote. It\u2019s your duty and your right. But check the list of polling places before you try to vote. Mine is different for this vote than my usual polling place for larger elections; yours might be too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people don\u2019t even know there\u2019s a Las Cruces Public Schools mil levy election today. That\u2019s probably going to lead to incredibly low voter turnout. But the election is important. What the schools are asking is that voters approve the refinancing and restructuring of the district\u2019s debt to generate $35 million over the next five [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}