Racine School Referendum Passes

Glad to see that lying, scare tactics, and God knows what else still work in Wisconsin Politics.

Racine Unified School District voters in favor of a $6.45 million referendum to help close the gap in the district's multimillion-dollar deficit took the lead in early returns Tuesday.

With about 65% of the ballots counted in heavy voting, the unofficial result was 11,371 in favor of the proposal, and 8,506 against allowing the district to exceed spending caps.

The referendum comes on the heels of a more expensive $8.9 million two-year spending proposal that voters defeated in April. In that vote, 10,188 voted "No" and 8,492 voted "Yes" to that spending proposal.