A significant lead after early returns
(by Ethan Myers, The Astorian)
WARRENTON — A levy that would keep the Warrenton Community Library open had a healthy lead as of Tuesday night.
Measure 4-222 would extend a local option levy at the existing tax rate — 33 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value — and raise $1.3 million over five years. The library on S. Main Avenue relies on the levy as its primary source of revenue and the city has said that it will likely close if the levy fails.
“I am very pleased with the direction that the early voting results have shown,” Kelsey Balensifer, the chairwoman of the library board, said. “It seems like Warrenton voters have recognized the value of the library as a space for learning, relationship-building, enrichment, entertainment, opportunity — all of the above.
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