Overview
- Voters rejected VATREs in Judson, East Central, La Vernia and SCUC, while Boerne’s measure narrowly passed by a few hundred votes, according to unofficial results.
- Boerne asked for three additional cents focused on golden pennies and expects about $4.8 million a year in added operating revenue.
- Judson’s proposal was decisively defeated, leaving a roughly $37 million shortfall that the 10-cent request was projected to reduce by about $21 million after recent negative scrutiny including an AG electioneering complaint.
- SCUC’s maximum 12-cent request, estimated to generate about $16.2 million annually, failed by an even narrower margin than Boerne’s close win.
- Several districts trimmed their debt-service (I&S) rates to soften proposed M&O increases, and East Central’s five-cent plan projected about $7.6 million as voters also considered a homestead-exemption increase under State Proposition 13.