It was a chance to put some money back in our OWN pockets- but voters Tuesday for the most part elected to continue taxing themselves.
Jackson County's controversial "COMBAT" tax passed- obviously people buy into scare-tactic TV advertisements and paid sign-carriers.
Clay County's "law enforcement" tax passed- Fairway-KS voters gave themselves an increased sales tax and Independence voters elected to raise their property taxes for a school bond issue.
Of all the Metro-wide tax issues on ballots- ONLY voters in Peculiar-MO voted DOWN tax increases.
Most sad was voter turnout- a very small percentage of registered voters participated.
If you were against higher taxes but didn't bother to take 5 minutes to vote them down- no bitching here....
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