{"id":993,"date":"2014-05-05T10:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T14:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=993"},"modified":"2014-05-05T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T14:45:28","slug":"berkeley-springs-students-rip-parents-for-not-showing-up-at-the-polls-to-vote-for-the-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=993","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Springs Students Criticize Parents for Not Showing Up at the Polls to Vote for the Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a radio ad airing in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia on WDHC 92.9, students criticize their parents for not showing up at the polls in 2013 to vote for the school funding levy.<\/p>\n<p>The levy lost at the polls last year by a vote of 56 percent (1,672) to 44 percent (1,323).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I_HdvVR3Lnk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the radio ad, sponsored by Morgan County Citizens for School Success, a student named Maggie rips her dad for the low voter turnout last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast time there was only a 25 percent turnout,\u201d Maggie reprimands her dad, Larry. \u201cThat\u2019s lame dad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maggie tells her dad that levy funds support James Rumsey Technical Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA vote for the levy means jobs for my friends,\u201d Maggie says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the levy fails, we\u2019ll be last in the state in per student funding,\u201d Maggie says. \u201cThis is too important to leave to the grown ups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you give me a ride to the polls?\u201d Larry asks his daughter sheepishly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly if you vote yes for the levy,\u201d Maggie says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a radio ad airing in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia on WDHC 92.9, students criticize their parents for not showing up at the polls in 2013 to vote for the school funding levy. The levy lost at the polls last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=993\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}