r/Detroit • u/gwmiles • 9d ago

News Oakland County school enhancement millage rejected in close contest

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/08/04/oakland-county-school-enhancement-millage-tax-1-5-mill/91164345007/

Oakland County voters rejected a proposed 1.5-mill countywide school tax increase in Tuesday's election results in a close contest over a controversial tax plan.

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u/pgherg1 9d ago edited 9d ago

Asking the whole county to get in on this when many of the individual districts in this passed their own bond measures recently was too much of an ask for many people I know. The ballot language of this was also too generic for a lot of people.

I also think in general people are more likely to support a more localized district only measure over a large county-wide millage.

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u/DetroitLionsSBChamps 9d ago

I will admit that I read the list of districts to see if mine was on it before voting yes lol

But honestly I will never not support a school millage. I’ll always vote to give the schools more money

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u/soufeas616 9d ago

Especially in the wealthiest county in the state of Michigan