Hi everyone,
On 12/04 Town of Lexington will hold a special election. https://www.lexingtonma.gov/sites/lexingtonma/files/uploads/specimen_ballot.pdf
Voters will be asked to decide whether to raise additional property tax (exempt/excluded from proposition 2 ½) to fund the following 3 projects individually.
1: The new Hastings elementary school
2: The new Lexington Children’s Place (for special need preschoolers)
3: The new Headquarters Fire Station and reconstruction of the temporary Fire Station
Helen Yang, a member of town appropriation committee, has given a seminar on 11/6, which provides background information on debt exclusion. This neutral and informational seminar has received positive feedbacks from audience and some town management members. If you missed it you can
1: watch the video on CALex YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/5p2Sh2Hvjc0
2: read the PDF slides here
https://calexma.org/en/cn/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/DebtExclusion_Lex2017_final.pdf
There are currently 3 campaigns (non-neutral) on the issue:
1: http://www.yes4lex.org
Supports the 3 projects, supports funding of the 3 projects through raising additional property tax (debt exclusion)
2: http://lexvote.org
Supports the 3 projects, objects funding the 3 projects through raising additional property tax (debt exclusion)
3: https://planbeforepreschool.wordpress.com
Objects building new LCP through debt exclusion. The current capacity is sufficient for the enrollment number.
There are 2 LexMedia videos on the topic:
1: The Yes (yes4lex) and No (lexvote) debate here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2uXTdFu3R2I
2: This one by planbeforepreschool can be found here:
https://youtu.be/clDBdCTt6Rs
The following website provides a lot of data and analysis of the 3 projects as well as the financial status of Lexington. Given future projects such as LHS, the 7th elementary school and the police department etc. it is critical for Lexington to have long term planning and maintain the financial health.
http://mylocaltaxes.com
Here is the link on town website
https://www.lexingtonma.gov/town-clerk/pages/special-election-monday-december-4-2017
CALex 鼓励莱镇居民积极参与镇里事务决策,认真研究信息,注册选民积极投票。
CALex (calexma.org) encourages individual resident to actively participate in town affairs, and be an educated voter.