The 1B sales tax passed, 2904 to 2694, or 51.9% to 48.1%. Term limit extensions went down by a larger margin.
I’ll bet anyone a hamburger that the tax&spend Republicans will be back to the voters next year looking for more money.
See: Trouble in Paradise “The sales tax is in direct opposition to the Elbert County Republican Platform and it puts a burr in the chaps of the fiscal responsibility types who want no taxes whatsoever. The other side realizes that the county finances have been so badly mismanaged that they have to do something or the voters are going to go through the ceiling about the abysmal state of the roads. You can’t find a democrat to blame for this one boys and girls.”
Maybe so, maybe not, however, the juxtaposition of “fiscal responsibility” opposite “pro-tax” speaks volumes.