Column: What to do when voters say no? Ask again – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "When Champaign County voters emphatically rejected three tax hike proposals in November, their actions raised the following question: How will the powers that be respond? City of Champaign Township Supervisor Kyle Patterson wasted no time in thumbing his nose at voters. Barely two months later, Patterson and members of the township board are back with virtually the same proposal for the April 1 consolidated election."