County Votes No New Taxes

Taxpayers in Escambia County, FL voted nearly 2 to 1 to not increase the local sales tax by 1/2 percent. That makes twice in 3 years that voters rejected raising taxes. Maybe now the politicos will learn to live within their means? You know, like you and I have to?

From the supervisor of elections website as of 23:00, the table below shows those precincts that voted for the referendum. It represents 16 out of 113 precincts. The layout is Pct. nbr, Name of Pct., Yes vote, No vote.

Health Care Surtax Referendum
14	Escambia County Health Dept	210	137
22	Century City Hall	54	50
25	Azalea Trace	191	190
29	Mt Olive Missionary Baptist Church	93	69
31	Christ Church, Pensacola	136	110
34	Montclair Elementary School	85	55
39	Sacred Heart School	126	108
41	Bayview Park Recreation Center	148	103
47	West Pensacola Volunteer Fire Department	69	53
48	New Hope Missionary Baptist Church	66	23
60	Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church	99	46
63	Wedgewood Middle School	78	47
82	Richards Memorial United Methodist Church	55	45
84	Marie Ella Davis Community Center	47	27
90	St John Divine Baptist Church	101	23
98	Macedonia Baptist Church	322	213