Lebanon residents gave a big thumbs-down to reopening the Lebanon Municipal Jail in the Nov. 3 election.
An $8.3 million levy that would have reopened and sustained the city jail for five years failed 79.99% to 20.01%, or 6,074 votes to 1,519, with a total of 7,593 votes. The levy would have cost $1.06 per $1,000 assessed property valuation, taking effect just as a bond measure to build the jail was paid off.
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