Alba-Golden, Mineola school bonds on the ballot

Posted 5/5/22

City, school and state issues are on the ballot for Saturday’s election.

All voters can cast ballots for two state constitutional amendments that would lower school property taxes by increasing the exemption for homeowners.

Two school bond issues will be decided in Alba-Golden and Mineola districts

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Alba-Golden, Mineola school bonds on the ballot

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City, school and state issues are on the ballot for Saturday’s election.

All voters can cast ballots for two state constitutional amendments that would lower school property taxes by increasing the exemption for homeowners.

Two school bond issues will be decided in Alba-Golden and Mineola districts.

Alba-Golden is seeking $16 million and Mineola $29,855,000 (see related stories).

Polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Voters in the Alba-Golden, Mineola, Quitman and Winnsboro districts will have school board elections. The cities of Mineola and Winnsboro have city council elections.

Four people are seeking three seats on the Mineola School Board including Janice Etheridge, Todd Q. Morgan and incumbents Glen Dossett and Jill Melvin Quiambao.

Three candidates for two Quitman School Board seats include Raymond Peek, Brook Rogers and Todd Williams.

Six candidates are running for two Alba-Golden School Board positions, including C.H. Campbell, Grant Keller, Dwayne Ellis, Dustin Lavy, Matt Haisten and incumbent Dwayne Thompson.

One seat on the Mineola City Council is on the ballot, Ward One, between incumbent Sue N. Jones and Robert “Bobby” Ryan. Wards Two and Three are uncontested, with Eric Carrington and Cassandra Sampson elected.

Winnsboro ISD has eight candidates for two school board seats, five candidates for three city council seats, and the city of Winnsboro is seeking $11 million in improvement bonds in eight propositions.

No other cities and schools in Wood County have contested elections.

City council terms are for two years and school board seats for three years.

The state constitutional amendments are as follows:

Proposition One: The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the reduction of the amount of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for general elementary and secondary public school purposes on the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled to reflect any statutory reduction from the preceding tax year in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed for those purposes on the homestead.

Proposition Two: The constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $25,000 to $40,000.

Polling locations are as follows:

Carroll Green Civic Center, Quitman, Precincts 1-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-4.

Yantis Community Center, Precinct 1-2.

Alba Community Center, Precincts 1-3, 1-4.

First United Methodist Ministry Center-Mineola, Precincts 2-1, 2-3.

Mineola City Hall, Precinct 2-2.

Holly Lake Fire Dept., Precinct 3-2.

Hawkins Community Center, Precinct 3-3.

Winnsboro City Auditorium, Precincts 4-2, 4-3.