Seminole County voters proved they are smarter than the people residing in Volusia County. They approved a school tax referendum identical to Volusia's proposal. They realized that an investment in education pays off in the long run. With great schools, more people wil want to move to Seminole County and those that own property in Seminole will benefit from their property value increasing over time.

The ignorant comments on here trying to blame the teacher's union, show how uninformed our voters were. The Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce and Daytona Speedway were in favor of the school board referendum, because they understand the value in have great schools.

In the end, our children and our community are the losers because of voter ignorance. Every one claims they want great schools, but the citizens of Volusia County don't want to pay for it.