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e e STRONGL Y SUPPORT .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 52% SOMEWHAT SUPPORT ........................... 26% SOMEWHAT OPPOSE ............................. 8% STRONGL Y OPPOSE ............................. 10% DON'TKNOWIREFUSED ............................4% . , , In fact, majority "strongly supported" a tax increase for this purpose. This proposal was the most highly supported on the list. Support was even higher among women and residents of Precinct Two. Opposition was encountered most often among households containing children. Park and recreation areas along the Mississippi River? By a fifty-seven percent to thirty-three percent verdict, residents supported a tax increase for park and recreation areas along the Mississippi River: STRONGLY SUPPORT ............................. 25% SOMEWHAT SUPPORT ............................ 32% SOMEWHAT OPPOSE ............................. 13% STRONGLY OPPOSE .............................. 20% DON'TKNOWIREFUSED ........................... 10% "Strong support" was only marginally higher than "strong opposition." Support was strongest among 18-34 year olds. Three park and recreational facilities proposals received very solid support, indicating an excellent chance of passage in a referendum election: preservation of open spaces, a trail corridor along the Mississippi River, and off-road trails along busy traffic corridors. Funding Priorities Respondents were asked: In general, do you think a higher priority for funding should be given to the development of parks and trails OR the set-aside and preservation of open spaces? By over two-to-one, residents thought "the set-aside and preservation of open spaces" should be the higher priority: DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS........................ 26% OPEN SPACE ..................................... 55% SOMETHING ELSE ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2% NEITHER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% 31