Tuesday’s single-issue election resulted in a resounding defeat of Measure A, the proposed quarter-cent sales tax that county leader said would be used for road repair and maintenance.
The results: 62.7% (46,758 voters) against; 37.3% (27,853) in favor.
The proposed tax had a five-year term and estimated revenues of $20 million annually. As a “general tax,” it required a simple majority vote to pass.
Critics said that despite the Supervisors promise to use the new money for road repair, it would have gone into the General Fund and been available for any purpose.
Read Bob Edwards’ take from his Snark Infested Waters
It is because that money was to go into the General Fund was why it did not pass. .