The Christian County library is already at work putting this on a ballot this fall, no doubt.
For the second time, and by a bigger margin, Christian County voters Tuesday rejected a library tax increase.
The measure — which would have raised the library tax levy from 8.7 cents per $100 assessed valuation to 25 cents to help build three new buildings — was defeated by a 59-41 percent margin. A similar effort failed 52-48 percent in November
You think I am just being snarky with the comment at top?
Will there be a third attempt at a levy increase?
That will be discussed in the coming weeks, officials said.
I forget where I read it, but I think I thought I saw on the Internet (I think that’s a disclaimer asterisk, dagger, and double dagger) that the Christian County libraries budgeted $50,000 to lobby for this tax increase. Just to be clear, that’s the salary of one to one and a half librarians. And maybe they’ll spend that again.
I think I’d like to get a ballot initiative going to make it illegal for government entities to spend money on lobbying for tax increases.
