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Clarence voters reject budget, so do voters in handful of districts

WBFO-FM 88.7 | By Jay Moran
Published May 21, 2013 at 11:32 PM EDT

Voters in six area school districts rejected spending plans on Tuesday.  The margin of defeat was decisive in Clarence where 58-percent voted against a plan to increase taxes by nearly ten percent.

Credit Photo from Clarence Taxpayers Website
A defaced sign in Clarence

Voter turnout in Clarence set a record. Lines of voters were extensive throughout the day. Budgets were also rejected in Niagara-Wheatfield, Lewiston-Porter, Alden, Wilson and Bemus Point.

The margin of defeat in Niagara-Wheatfield was by a mere three votes.

WBFO's Jay Moran interview talked with Timothy Kremer of the New York State School Boards Association about the results of Tuesday's budget votes.
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Jay joined Buffalo Toronto Public Media in 2008 and has been the local host for NPR's "Morning Edition" ever since. In June 2022, he was named one of the co-hosts of BTPM's "What's Next."

A graduate of St. Mary's of the Lake School, St. Francis High School, and Buffalo State College, Jay has worked most of his professional career in Buffalo. Outside of public media, he continues in longstanding roles as the public address announcer for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and as play-by-play voice of Canisius College basketball.
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