Hamilton County (OH) News: The Jail Tax/Sales Tax Initiative Is on November Ballot
What I was hoping for has happened: Hamilton County’s Jail Tax/Sales Tax will get an up-or-down vote from the voters in November.
I just received this from the WeDemandAVote.com coalition:
RE: The Voters Have Spoken
DATE: August 2, 2007
The Voters of Hamilton County have spoken and the Board of Elections has confirmed that it will disclose tomorrow that the Petition Drive to Place the Sales Tax on the Ballot has been successful. It is believed that there are in excess of 10,000 signatures more than required to place the issue on the Ballot.
The NAACP deserves full credit for initiating this process and having the foresight to let the Voters take a look at this $900 million tax increase. Commissioner Pat Dewine has also been very important in holding the line on tax increases for Voters of Hamilton County.
Congrats to the initiative coalition, and to those who put their boots on the ground to make it happen.
I would hope Cuyahoga County would do the same about the ridiculous sale-tax increase their commissioners recently enacted.
