A 5.85 mil property tax that would have funded operation of the Lincoln Parish Library for the next ten years was yesterday defeated 57% to 43%. The vote totals were 3,459 no and 2,579 yes.
In another local race, Curtis Hawkins was elected City Marshal by 64% of the voters in Lincoln Parish. That vote total was Hawkins 3,943, and Anthony Pollard 2,201.
Turnout was about 17% of registered voters.
An interesting statistic of the tax vote is that the early vote (2,271 votes of the 6,054 total) went FOR the tax 52/48 percent.
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12/06/2020 at 5:54 am |
Shenanigans of the police jury had something to do with this not passing.
12/06/2020 at 7:50 am |
I heard the Jury president delivered a box of mail in ballots to the count house around 8:30 last night.
12/06/2020 at 7:58 am |
It’s Trumps fault
12/06/2020 at 7:57 am |
Of course it failed. Poor leadership and no vision on the board and no real plan forward. Vending machines is not a plan.
12/06/2020 at 8:05 am |
Everyone can thank David Gullatt for it failing. Glad he’s gone.
12/06/2020 at 10:18 am |
Don’t know him really, but that whole situation stinks. Another pj foul up.
12/06/2020 at 8:48 am |
Taxpayers unhappy with kingdom building within government.
12/06/2020 at 10:16 am |
No. Squad. Let’s make sure it’s gone.
12/06/2020 at 12:58 pm |
Taxpayers need to speak clearly in the next election of local government officials. I hear some of the new jurors will have stiff competition. Let’s make it stick, shall we? Vote out the ones who’ve been trying all this shady shit on for size–just to see what they can get away with. And blaming “political infancy” for their mistakes. I know it’s a couple of years away but our voter base needs to remember.
12/06/2020 at 1:33 pm |
Thank everyone who voted against the tax
12/06/2020 at 1:40 pm |
PJ needs a total overhaul. Admin on down. Doug? Go. Chris? Go. Jurors? Go. Clean slate with wisdom & knowledge & caring for community.
12/06/2020 at 3:12 pm |
What did PJ have to do with Library tax failing? I’m confused.
12/07/2020 at 12:39 pm |
It all started when you had two junior jurors–Pullin and Franks– who wanted to step outside their purview and tell the library they couldn’t ask for that much. Setting the millage for the library is not the jury’s job. Their job is to bring it before the people and let the people decide. And that’s what happened. The people decided.
The “squad” is sticking their nose in places it does not belong. Was it “political infancy?” Cranford seemed to know that was not what HE was there for during that meeting and he’s a junior juror as well–a political infant, if you will. So I don’t think they can use that excuse. Don’t know what kind of political maneuverings went on in the background, but what we DO know is this jury has a history of violations of open meetings laws. Franks is gone because of the shady shit that has happened. I don’t trust this jury at all. And it is my sincere wish that the citizens of this parish get involved and know what’s going on. Make them accountable.
12/07/2020 at 4:16 pm |
Setting the millage to go before the public IS the jury’s job. The police jury needs to be MORE involved in managing parish facilities, not less. They are the ones accountable to the public. If you don’t like how they do the job, vote them out but while they’re there, they need to do the job.
12/08/2020 at 8:49 am |
They need to job they’ve been tasked with which was never setting the millage.
12/08/2020 at 2:12 pm |
Jury decides every other millage rate to put before the public. Why not the library?
12/06/2020 at 2:49 pm |
Library should charge for services. People tired of paying for services they don’t use.
12/06/2020 at 3:12 pm |
Agreed
12/06/2020 at 4:05 pm |
What a novel idea! I should have thought of that! Oh yeah, fingers are pointing to place blame, as usual. But people who don’t use the library are tired of paying for something they don’t use. How many non-Lincoln Parish property owners use the library for free, never pay a dime? It’s time to think out of the box folks. Sell membership cards? Have individual and immediate family member rates? Charge for using additional services that the library has to buy?
12/06/2020 at 4:46 pm |
Most anything found at library can be found free online these days