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.)