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By Doug Page, Staff Writer Updated 11:01 AM Wednesday, November 4, 2009

TROTWOOD — Voters here approved three of the city’s four levies on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The Trotwood-Madison school levy, however, failed.

A renewal of a 2-mill levy for ambulance service won easily, 66 percent to 34 percent, while a new 2-mill levy to replace the fire department’s aging fleet won 51 percent to 49 percent.

A new 1-mill street levy for road maintenance won 52 percent to 48 percent. A second new 1-mill street levy for operations failed 60 percent to 40 percent.

Trotwood-Madison school district’s 7.5-mill additional levy lost 59 percent to 41 percent.

The new 7.5-mills for operations would have raised $2 million annually for day-to-day operations. Facing a projected $2.3 million deficit in the 2011-12 school year, the school board with the levy defeat will institute a minimum of $1 million in cuts in addition to the already planned $2 million in cuts.

In city council races, incumbent Mary McDonald won her 4th Ward race as did Joyce Sutton Cameron in the 1st Ward. McDonald defeated James Williams 545-333, according to the unofficial results from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Cameron defeated Mattie Clay, 1,103-703.

In the 2nd Ward, Rap Hankins beat Janice Chinn 51 percent to 49 percent.

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Supporting schools is one of the most important things a community can do. Schools are one of the things that reflect on a community. No matter how much some people want to deny it, it takes money to keep good schools running and to attract and keep the best teachers. Many people in Trotwood are retired and no longer have kids in the school system so they no longer care. That is the message they are giving the kids in our schools and our community. I think it reflects badly on Trotwood.

Listen up
12:35 PM, 11/9/2009

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Anyone who votes for school levies is wrong.Schools spend money without cutting budgets or costs.They cut bus service but make no layoffs.They have assistance for secretarys,principals,teachers etc..it never ends.Students have not finished any better in state scores or tests and i don't know if the graduation rate went up or if the drop-out rate went down...I doubt it.

smoke & mirrors
7:46 AM, 11/9/2009

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