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\nThe Morris Sun-Tribune<\/a> reports in this article<\/a> (registration needed :-( ) that the waterpark initiative (discussed earlier<\/a> in the context of the school levy) failed by a vote of 876 against and 543 in favor. Mayor Wilcox has not given up, however:<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt\u2019s not a dead issue,?? she said. \u201cIt will come back. And sooner than later.??\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m glad that the city is going to bring it up again, as I think it deserves a second hearing. I do hope, however, that they wait until after the school levy is decided in November. I fear, though, that they’ll put it on that ballot and we’ll have them both to choose from, which will only confuse matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Morris Sun-Tribune reports in this article (registration needed :-( ) that the waterpark initiative (discussed earlier in the context of the school levy) failed by a vote of 876 against and 543 in favor. Mayor Wilcox has not given up, however: \u201cIt\u2019s not a dead issue,?? she said. \u201cIt will come back. And sooner … Continue reading “No waterpark complex for Morris, for now”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-3n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":254,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/10\/30\/why-umm-students-need-to-vote-on-the-levy\/","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":0},"title":"Why UMM students need to vote on the levy","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"30 Oct 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a letter to the editor for the University Register, UMM's student newspaper... Tuesday, the 8th of November, the residents of the Morris Area School District will turn out to vote on a proposed school levy. While most UMM students realize that they can vote in this election, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Education"","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":208,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/08\/01\/schools-are-more-important-than-pools\/","url_meta":{"origin":209,"position":1},"title":"Schools are more important than pools","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"1 Aug 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a letter to the editor of the Morris Sun-Tribune that appeared in the 27 July 2005 edition (requires registration :-( ) under the title (of their choosing) of \"Pool or no pool, support levy\". 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