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June 21, 2010

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Joe

Here is the upshot of the sales tax increase option that the County is looking at:

The Board of Supervisors is ready to ask voters in November for a quarter-cent sales tax to annually raise $30 million toward the structural deficit even as one member cautioned the request is too soon.
“I think November of this year is a little too early,” said Supervisor Carole Groom.

Groom cast the sole dissenting vote.

Groom said there isn’t enough time to properly educate voters about why the county needs the money. She also worried voters won’t believe the county has no other option.

“We have not made enough serious cuts so that the people could honestly say we are at bare bones,” Groom said.

But supervisors Mark Church and Rose Jacobs Gibson said there is a sense of urgency. If the board doesn’t act in November for a general sales tax, it must wait until 2012 when there is another supervisorial election scheduled. The Board of Supervisors could also unanimously declare a fiscal emergency.

The full article is at http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&title=County%20ready%20to%20ask%20voters%20for%20new%20tax&id=134802

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