Watertown residents want say in rail station project

Building referendums up for vote Tuesday

Published: March 29, 2013
Tags: Menomonie, Menomonie High School, Menomonie School Board, referendum

A referendum that would let the Menomonie Area School District borrow money to pay for maintenance has a former School Board member wondering why officials cannot use the regular budget.

Milwaukee County budget sales tax faces dim future

Published: July 6, 2012
Tags: Barbara Toles, Bradley Center, Chris Abele, Christine Sinicki, David Bowen, David Cullen, Elizabeth Coggs, Gerry Broderick, John Weishan, Milwaukee County, referendum, sales tax, Samantha Kerkman

Milwaukee County’s four-year effort to levy a 1 percent sales tax still has a few friends in the Legislature, but even they have doubts about the tax becoming a reality.

Milwaukee County board postpones vote on sales tax referendum question

Published: June 25, 2012
Tags: Board of Supervisors, Bradley Center, Chris Abele, David Cullen, Gerry Broderick, Milwaukee Bucks, referendum

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Intergovernmental Relations Committee decided 6 to 1 Monday to postpone a vote on whether to reaffirm the county’s position on a 2008 referendum question.

Voters decide building referendums (UPDATE)

Published: April 4, 2012
Tags: referendum

Voters around the state had split reactions to some construction and development referendums Tuesday.

Voters pass expansion project for Brown Deer School District

Published: November 16, 2011
Tags: Brown Deer School District, expansion, referendum, schools

Voters in the Brown Deer School District in Milwaukee County passed two referendums Tuesday to allow the district to consolidate elementary schools and expand the gym and indoor track at the high school.

Let’s vote on future of programs

Published: September 23, 2011
Tags: Paul Ryan, Pommer, referendum, Social Security
Comments: 2

By Matt Pommer Let’s have some advisory votes on the future of Social Security and Medicare. Wisconsin and other populist states have a history of deciding spending issues by the way of referenda in which all citizens can vote. We decide school spending plans and overrides of spending limits by counting ballots. It seems at [...]

Milwaukee streetcar desire debated

Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: Bob Donovan, Brian Manthey, Milwaukee, Nik Kovac, Rail, referendum, streetcar, tax-incremental financing, TIF, Tom Barrett, Transportation, W. Martin Morics, We Energies

By James Briggs A Milwaukee alderman on Monday called for a referendum to let voters advise Common Council members on whether the city should build a $64.6 million streetcar line. Calling financial projections for the project “rosy,” Alderman Bob Donovan said he has yet to hear from a single resident in his district who supports [...]

Princeton School District voters pass building maintenance referendum

Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: Green Lake County, Jeff McCartney, primary, Princeton School District, referendum, referendums

By Marie Rohde Voters gave the Princeton School District a split decision on a pair of referendum questions Tuesday. A referendum asking for $50,000 a year for each of the next three years to replace windows, fix the roof and replace computers passed by a 319-256 margin. Roof and Window Replacement, Facilities Maintenance and Technology [...]

Plenty of possible construction work on Tuesday’s ballots

Published: November 1, 2010
Tags: Delora Newton, election, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, John Wilmet, Madison Area Technical College, referendum, Roger Price, Tramburg, vote

By Joe Lanane Confidence and criticism are characterizing Madison Area Technical College’s request that voters Tuesday approve $134 million worth of construction work on five campuses. The college is asking voters in all or parts of 12 counties in south-central Wisconsin to favor $51 million for upgrades at three Madison campuses; construction of a $43 [...]