Politics & Government
Residents Say "No" to Budget at Referendum
For the first time since 2008, Windsor residents told town officials to go back to the drawing board and present a better spending plan.
Windsor voters turned out in stronger numbers than last year, and said "no" to the proposed town budget at referendum Tuesday.
The budget voted on represented a 2.18 percent tax hike, a full percentage point lower than the budget Town Manager Peter Souza presented to the council.
In total, the budget shot down included a $101.2 spending plan that increased the mill rate to 27.92.
The budget failed by a 1,798 to 1,164 vote.
All but two voting districts voted against the proposal. Voters at L.P Wilson, district No. 1, ended in a 108-108 tie.
The budget was approved by the town council last month by a 7-2 vote. Republican Mike McDonald and Independent Lisa Boccia voted against it.
The last time the budget was voted down at referendum was 2008. That year, it took three tries for the budget to pass a town-wide vote.
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