Independent committee promotes sales tax proposal

A committee of county residents is promoting the countywide sales tax that will appear on the November ballot.

The committee, Citizens Looking at Supporting Schools, with between 15 and 18 members, has been meeting for about two months, said Lin Warfel, who co-chairs the committee with Susan Abbott. The members come from all the school districts in the county.

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