BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green voters have once again rejected a ballot measure for school construction.
Tuesday's levy would have used a combination income tax-property tax levy to pay for Bowling Green City Schools school construction.
With 100 percent of votes tallied Tuesday night, the unofficial vote totals show that the levy failing by a slim margin.
The district has gone to voters with similar levies three times previously with each levy going down to defeat.
The issue on the ballot Tuesday would have combined a 30-year, 3.95-mill property tax with a seven-year, 0.5 percent annual income tax. The measure would have raised $70 million for new school construction.
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School officials plan to build a new high school with revenue from the levy.
The Wood County auditor's office estimates the combined levy would cost the owner of a property assessed at $100,000 about $140 a year. The income tax portion of the levy would tax someone making $50,000 a year, $250 annually in taxes.
Supporters said the levy is necessary to provide modern school buildings for Bowling Green students. Opponents of the levy said the financial burden on taxpayers would be too high.
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