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SCHOOL AND SPECIAL ELECTION
APRIL 8, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

THE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT OF
METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

FOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SUBDISTRICT NO. 2
SIX-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR ONE

DAVID L. DISNEY
ELLSWORTH “JR” TOLBERT
Write-in ____________________

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR AT LARGE
FOUR-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR ONE

WILLIAM EDDY
AIRICK WEST
Write-in ____________________

FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR
SUB-DISTRICT ONE
FOUR-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR ONE

NO CANDIDATE FILED
Write-in ____________________

CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1

FOR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
THREE-YEAR TERM
VOTE FOR THREE

BONNAYE MIMS
DAVID R. BUIE
DEBBIE AIMAN
EDWARD J. PERRY, JR.
LUTHER A. CHANDLER
Write-in ____________________

SPECIAL ELECTION
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1
OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

QUESTION 1
Shall Hickman Mills C-1 School District of Jackson County, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $15,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, furnishing and equipping school facilities, including constructing, furnishing and equipping an early childhood center and renovations and additions to media centers?
YES/NO

QUESTION 2
Shall the Board of Education of Hickman Mills C-1 School District of Jackson County, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy ceiling of the District to $5.4717 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the purpose of paying costs associated with enhancing student performance, improving employee wage and benefit schedules and ongoing facility maintenance and operations?

If this question is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the District is estimated to increase by $0.60 cents from the current operating levy of $4.8717 to $5.4717 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
YES/NO

CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2

FOR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
THREE-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR THREE

RICK MOORE
DEAN BRAY
CATHY MACK
TERRY E. LANDERS
Write-in ____________________

SPECIAL ELECTION
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (RAYTOWN) OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

QUESTION
Shall Consolidated School District No. 2 (Raytown) of Jackson County, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy ceiling of the District to $4.5688 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for the purpose of funding district salary schedules in order to attract and retain quality staff members? If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the District will increase by $.89 from $3.6788 currently to $4.5688 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
YES/NO

CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4

FOR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
THREE-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR THREE

ALLEN L. MEYER
CHRIS DAWSON
ANGELA CORDIER
JON BRAX
LEONARD C. GREENE
ANGELA LANGFORD
Write-in ____________________

REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7

FOR DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
THREE-YEAR TERM

VOTE FOR THREE

JEFF TINDLE
JACK WILEY
JON PLAAS
SHERRI TUCKER
Write-in ____________________

SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7
OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

QUESTION NO. 1
Shall Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri, incur indebtedness and issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $54,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping a new elementary school; constructing additions to, remodeling, renovating, repairing and improving elementary schools to provide for all day kindergarten classes; constructing, furnishing and equipping an addition to Lee’s Summit West High School; constructing and furnishing a district wide swim-dive aquatics center; renovating the former administrative office building; constructing additions to, remodeling, renovating, repairing and improving elementary schools, middle schools and high schools, including improving technology district-wide; purchasing school busses; improving, renovating, remodeling and repairing existing school buildings and furnishing and equipping the same?
YES/NO

QUESTION NO. 2
Shall the Board of Education of Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri, be authorized to extend the existing portion of the sales tax rollback (Proposition C) in operating levy for capital improvement and other school purposes, which presently expires June 30, 2009, as provided under Section 164.013 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended, in an amount equal to $0.20 per $100 of assessed valuation? If this proposition is approved, the total adjusted operating levy is estimated to be $4.7416 per $100 of assessed valuation.
YES/NO

SPECIAL ELECTION
CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

QUESTION 1
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED?
Shall the City of Kansas City continue a city sales tax for the purposes of developing, operating, maintaining, equipping and improving a bus transit system by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for Kansas City, Missouri, as authorized by Section 94.605 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri at a rate of 3/8% for a period of 15 years?
YES/NO

QUESTION 2
SHALL THE FOLLOWING BE APPROVED?
Shall the City of Kansas City, Missouri be authorized, for the purpose of reimbursing the City for administrative expenses related to the regulation and inspection of short term loan establishments and the issuance of permits for such businesses, to impose an annual fee of $1,000.00 for each permit (new or renewal) for a short term loan establishment or $500.00 for a permit issued with less than 6 months remaining in the calendar year?
YES /NO

QUESTION 3
Shall the City of Kansas City prohibit smoking in enclosed places of employment, enclosed public places and on public sidewalks abutting acute care hospitals, while allowing it in casino gaming areas until all casinos located in the Missouri counties of Jackson, Platte and Clay, and the Kansas counties of Johnson and Wyandotte are obligated by ordinance, statute or law to prohibit smoking within the casino areas where gambling games are allowed, as set forth in Ordinance No. 080073, for the purpose of promoting public health by decreasing citizen’s exposure to secondhand smoke and creating smoke free environments for workers and citizens through regulation in the work place and all public places?
YES/NO

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