· Context
Voters reject Proposition A, the $275 million civic center bond
Proposition A, a $275 million bond for the Civic Center and downtown projects, was defeated 62%-38%. Accounts differ on whether a new City Hall was part of the rejected package.[1][2][3]
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
Proposition A, a $275 million bond for an updated Civic Center in downtown Amarillo, was defeated 62% to 38%, with voters in both Potter and Randall counties rejecting it.[1]
- Bond
- $275,000,000
- Against
- 62%
- For
- 38%
- ✓ Verified
Mayor Ginger Nelson: Mayor Ginger Nelson said, 'I heard the voters say not now, not in this package, and I respect that result,' and 'So now we go back to the drawing board.'[2]
- ⚠ Sources differ
Accounts differ on whether the new City Hall was part of the package voters rejected in November 2020.
- Value
- included
NewsChannel10 reported the proposed City Hall was part of the $275 million Civic Center plan voters rejected; Texas Scorecard (advocacy) described the $319 million plan the bond would fund as including the new City Hall.
Reported value 2[5]
- Value
- separate
ABC7 reported City Hall was kept separate from Prop A because it would be funded with certificates of obligation; City Manager Jared Miller said 'We always made it clear that we were going to issue [certificates of obligation] to do city hall.'