VOTER GUIDE – NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION LAKE ORION SCHOOL DISTRICT Tuesday, November 4, 2014 POLLS ARE OPEN 7:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OAKLAND AREA Website: www.lwvoa.org E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 248-594-6602 2 Candidates for School District Board Member for TWO 4-year terms STEVEN A. DRAKOS JIM WEIDMAN 213 Franklin Wright Blvd., Lake Orion, MI 48362 2567 Browning Dr., Lake Orion, MI 48360 1 Candidate for School District Board Member for ONE PARTIAL TERM ending 12/31/2016 SCOTT A. TAYLOR 1227 Stoney Creek Rd., Lake Orion, MI 48362 (Candidates running unopposed were not sent questionnaires.) THERE IS 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT. OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL This proposal, if approved by the electors, will allow the Lake Orion Community Schools to continue to levy the number of operating mills required for the School District to receive revenues at the full per pupil foundation allowance permitted by the State of Michigan. Shall the limitation on the total amount of taxes which may be assessed against all property, except principal residence and other property exempted by law, situated within the Lake Orion Community Schools, County of Oakland, State of Michigan, be increased as provided in the Michigan Constitution, in the amount of 20.25 mills, with 18 mills of this amount being the maximum levy allowed ($18 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation), for a period of ten (10) years from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2025, inclusive with the above 20.25 mills being a renewal of a previously authorized millage which would otherwise expire on December 31, 2014? This operating millage, if approved and levied, would provide estimated revenues to the School District of Seven Million One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand One Hundred ($7,163,100) Dollars during the 2015 calendar year, to be used for general operating purposes. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan national organization whose purpose is to promote political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government. The League never supports or opposes any candidate or political party. Copyright League of Women Voters Oakland Area 2014 Page 1 of 1 Published by the League of Women Voters Education Fund