County May Put Tax Hike To Vote…

…was the title of an article in the Colorado Springs Gazette today. In it, the county proposes to increase our sales tax rate by 1% in order to make up for lost services and revenues and to stop cutting available services.

This would bring our sales tax from 7.4% to 8.4% - the example given in the article likened this to a $200 increase of price on a $20000 car. The discussion is - should this be on the November Ballot?

The last sales tax increase we had in this area, was in 2004, which pays for road building and maintenance in most parts of the county.

Read the article, and let me know - what is your opinion on this? Should taxes be increased? Or not?

Also - make sure to read the comments (underneath the article) - readers brought up some interesting points….

Would like more info? Per Gazette:

-To contact Citizens for Effective Government, e-mail concernedcitizens@csceg.org or visit www.csceg.org.
- The El Paso County commissioners will discuss budgetcutting options at a meeting starting 9 a.m. Tuesday on the third floor of the County Office Building, 27 E. Vermijo Ave. Anyone may attend.