Sadie McCracken, an 8-year-old third-grader at Ridgway Elementary School, holds a sign supporting Ballot Issues 4A and 4B and yells at traffic driving by on Sherman Street on Oct. 22. About 50 people encouraged motorists to honk and waved signs favoring the measures that would create more funding for the Ridgway School District. The election is Nov. 2, and as of Wednesday morning, 841 ballots had been turned in. Mike Wiggins â Ouray County Plaindealer
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Trio of donors fuels school campaign
The committee advocating for the passage of a pair of funding measures for the Ridgway School District has pulled in more than $8,000 in cash contributions, fueled in large part by three significant donations from individuals and organizations outside Ouray County.
Citizens for Ridgway R-2 had received $8,348 in donations and spent $4,516, leaving it with $3,831 as of Oct. 13, according to the latest campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
More than 60% of t...
