Talk Back Poll: Happy or Unhappy with the Lindy School Budget Vote?

On the residents of Lindenhurst passed the proposed $141.7 million budget for the 2012-13 school year.

The passed by 547 votes, 1,836 in favor to 1,289 opposed - although the turnout was much lower than it was for last year’s vote.

It features an associated 2.45 percent tax-levy increase - which was less than the 3.55 percent the district was allowed under New York state law - and a 1.07 percent year-over-year increase in expenditures.

(For more information about the budget's passage and to see the results of the school board election, click .)

Now that it's passed, Lindenhurst Patch wants to know how residents feel about this news.

Take the following poll and share your thoughts in the comments section, below.

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