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Citizens committee reports $254.8 million collected from current half-cent sales tax since 2018
Summary
Joe Hooton, chair of the Citizens Half Cent Sales Tax Watchdog Committee, briefed the board on the committee's role and collections history, reporting that the current 10-year referendum (2018–2028) has collected $254,796,025.34 through Feb. 2025 and that voters approved another 10-year renewal to begin in 2028.
Joe Hooton, chairman of the Citizens Half Cent Sales Tax Watchdog Committee, presented a historical financial update on the district’s half-cent sales tax that funds capital improvements for K–12 public education in Escambia County. Hooton said the watchdog committee — created in 1998 and appointed by the board and superintendent so each district is…
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