WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES: Voters reject bond to build new schools

Karina Andrew reports:

After three counts, Oak Harbor’s bond is still trailing well behind the number of votes necessary to pass, and district officials think misunderstandings around rate calculations may have been the deciding factor for some “no” voters…. Oak Harbor’s school bond was the only tax measure that didn’t pass on Whidbey Island in the Feb. 8 special election.

[Ed. Note: The same story, with some rearrangement of paragraphs, was printed in the South Whidbey Record under the headline “SW voters show strong support for schools and parks levies“.