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1988

  • City of Walla Walla
  • $1 million bond
  • To repair streets.
  • Rejected

November 1989

  • City of College Place
  • $450,000 bond
  • To build a new fire station.
  • 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation
  • Rejected.
  • 460 yes - 370 no (55.2 percent approval)

March 1990

  • Waitsburg School District
  • $2.6 million bond
  • To replace the 1949 portion of the elementary school and build two new classrooms to house the seventh and eighth grades.
  • $4.66 per $1,000 of assessed valuation
  • Rejected.
  • 192 yes – 218 no (46.8 percent approval)

February 1991

  • City of Walla Walla
  • $990,000 bond
  • To help finance the $3.4 million Main Street revitalization project.
  • 48 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • Specific vote totals unavailable. (55.72 percent approval)

September 1991

  • City of College Place
  • $400,000 bond
  • To help finance a new city hall.
  • $1.15 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. (Including a companion bond for a new fire station.)
  • Rejected.
  • 448 yes – 324 no (58 percent approval)

September 1991

  • City of College Place
  • $350,000 bond
  • To build a new fire station.
  • Rejected.
  • $1.15 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. (Including a companion bond for a new city hall.)
  • 457 yes – 310 no (59.6 percent approval)

November 1991

  • Walla Walla School District
  • $9.95 million bond
  • To remodel seven schools, including construction of a new Green Park School.
  • $1.15 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 3,416 yes – 3,030 no (52.9 percent approval) Two previous attempts to restore or replace Green Park failed in the 1980s.

November 1991

  • Waitsburg School District
  • $2.6 million bond
  • To replace and add new classrooms at Waitsburg Elementary School and do some remodeling.
  • $4.64 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 254 yes – 248 no (50.95 percent approval)

September 1992

  • City of Milton-Freewater
  • $895,000 bond
  • To help pay for a new library.
  • 85 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • Vote count unavailable. (29 percent approval)

November 1992

  • Columbia School District
  • $8.8 million bond
  • To renovate and remodel Burbank's three schools.
  • $4.27 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. (Including a $1.5 million levy to buy computers and other technology.)
  • Rejected.
  • 720 yes – 518 no (58.2 percent approval)

November 1995

  • Prescott School District
  • $2 million bond
  • To build a new elementary school.
  • $1.56 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 139 yes – 124 no (53 percent approval)

November 1995

  • Pomeroy School District
  • $3.6 million bond
  • To modernize the elementary school and perform other capital improvements.
  • $1.95 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 501 yes – 499 no (50.1 percent)

November 1995

  • Garfield County Hospital District
  • $495,000 bond
  • To improve district facilities to comply with state and federal requirements.
  • $1 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 479 yes – 463 no (50.9 percent)

March 1996

  • Garfield County Hospital District
  • $495,000
  • To improve district facilities to comply with state and federal requirements.
  • $1 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 474 yes – 360 no (56.8 percent approval)

May 1996

  • Prescott School District
  • $2 million bond
  • To build a new elementary school.
  • $1.62 per $1,000 assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 163 yes – 119 no (57.8 percent approval)

September 1996

  • Prescott School District
  • $2 million bond
  • To build a new elementary school.
  • $1.62 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 149 yes – 147 no (50.3 percent approval)

September 1996

  • Blue Mountain Community College
  • $19.4 million bond
  • To expand and renovate its Pendleton campus and lead to a new, larger campus in Milton-Freewater.
  • Less than 35 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • Vote count unavailable

February 1997

  • Dayton School District
  • $2.36 million bond
  • To build an auxiliary gym, new middle-school classrooms and air conditioning for the elementary school.
  • $1.29 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 758 no – 407 yes (34.8 percent approval)

April 1997

  • Prescott School District
  • $2.2 million bond
  • To build a new elementary school.
  • $1.72 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected. (Fourth defeat)
  • 224 yes – 153 no (59.4 percent approval)

February 1998

  • College Place School District
  • $559,800 bond
  • To buy about 27 acres of land to be used at some time for a high school, another grade school or other office buildings.
  • 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 572 yes – 613 no (48 percent approval)

September 1998

  • City of Walla Walla
  • $1.13 million bond
  • To improve equipment, bathrooms, drinking fountains and tree care in city parks.
  • 19 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 2,238 yes – 1,911 no (53.94 percent approval)

September 1998

  • City of Walla Walla
  • $3.8 million bond
  • To fix city streets.
  • 65 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 2,093 yes 2,049 no (50.53 percent approval)

May 2000

  • Milton-Freewater School District
  • $20.8 million bond
  • To build three new schools in the distr.ict.
  • $4.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 601 yes – 1,737 no (25.7 percent approval)


November 2000

  • Milton-Freewater School District
  • $8 million bond
  • To build an elementary school and equalize previous district bond debts.
  • $1.64 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 1,516 yes – 1,865 no (44.8 percent approval)

November 2002

  • Athena-Weston School District
  • $12 million bond
  • To demolish Weston-McEwen High School, remodel Athena Elementary into a junior and senior high school and renovate Weston School to house elementary grades.
  • $4.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 348 yes – 695 no (33 percent approval)

November 2003

  • Walla Walla County Public Facilities District
  • $6.975 million bond
  • To help fund construction of a $9 million aquatic center to replace the aging Memorial Pool.
  • 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 5,971 yes – 5,909 no (50.26 percent approval)

February 2004

  • College Place School District
  • $17.75 million bond
  • To build a high school, a new elementary school and convert Meadow Brook Intermediate School into a middle school.
  • At least $1.83 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 1,110 yes – 1,558 no (40.1 percent approval)

May 2004

  • Athena-Weston School District
  • $7 million bond
  • To consolidate and renovate Athena-Weston schools.
  • $2.55 per $1,000 assessed property valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 261 yes – 466 no (35.9 percent approval)

November 2004

  • Milton-Freewater School District
  • $14.5 million bond
  • To build a new school for students in grades four through eight on the southern edge of town and construct a new band room at McLoughlin High School.
  • $2.53 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 1,501 yes 2,237 no (40.2 percent approval)

May 2006

  • Walla Walla School District
  • $53.95 million bond
  • To replace Edison and Paine schools, modernize the high school and provide other improvements.
  • 99 cents per $1,000 per assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 5,387 yes – 3,640 no (40.3 percent approval)

May 2006

  • Milton-Freewater School District
  • Just under $17 million bond
  • To build a middle school at the Seneca plant property.
  • $2.63 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 975 yes – 1,097 no (47 percent approval, but also fell shot of enough votes to validate.)

September 2006

  • Garfield County Hospital District
  • $3.5 million bond
  • To pay for modernization of the long-term care and hospital facilities.
  • $1.75 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 481 yes – 353 no (57.7 percent approval)

November 2006

  • Milton-Freewater School District
  • $16.75 million bond
  • To replace Central Middle School with a new, state-of-the-art facility at the site of the old Rogers Canning Co.
  • $2.45 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected. (Fifth time since the 2000 in attempts to improve schools.)
  • 1,279 yes – 1,714 no (42.73 percent approval)

November 2006

  • Garfield County Hospital District
  • $3.5 million bond
  • To pay for modernization of the long-term care and hospital facilities.
  • $1.75 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 703 yes – 498 no (58.5 percent approval)

November 2006

  • Borleske Park and Recreation District
  • $7.42 million bond
  • To pay for a new aquatic center.
  • 23 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 3,001 yes – 3,197 no (48.4 percent approval)

February 2007

  • Prescott School District
  • $7.8 million bond
  • To pay for an addition to the school and renovation of the existing building.
  • $2.71 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 113 yes – 121 no (48 percent approval)

May 2007

  • Milton-Freewater Water Control District
  • $1.04 million bond
  • To fix flood control levees.
  • 30 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
  • Rejected.
  • 597 yes – 466 no (56.16 percent approval, but fell short of enough votes to validate.)