Brandon Raygo

Nov 17, 2024 | captimes.com | Keegan Kyle |Brandon Raygo

Voters all across the communities and neighborhoods in the Madison Metropolitan School District widely supported the district’s two referendums this month that will raise property taxes for decades. But in the affluent village of Maple Bluff, on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota, voters expressed more aversion to hiking taxes for public schools. A narrow majority of voters in the village backed one referendum and rejected the other.

Nov 17, 2024 | schoolinfosystem.org | Keegan Kyle |Brandon Raygo

Notes on Madison’s successful fall 2024 tax & $pending increase referendum By Keegan Kyle and Brandon RaygoVoters all across the communities and neighborhoods in the Madison Metropolitan School District widely supported the district’s two referendums this month that will raise property taxes for decades. (more)But in the affluent village of Maple Bluff, on the eastern shore of Lake Mendota, voters expressed more aversion to hiking taxes for public schools.

Nov 10, 2024 | captimes.com | Keegan Kyle |Brandon Raygo

On Nov. 5, Madison voters approved a plea by city leaders to raise property taxes by $22 million and avoid steeper cuts to government services. Citywide, the measure passed by a comfortable margin, according to unofficial results reported by the Dane County Clerk. About 57% voted in favor. But at the neighborhood level, the referendum clearly received stronger support from more central residents than those living farther from downtown.