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Lancaster County outlines public-education plan for transportation sales tax referendum
Summary
County communications staff previewed a nonadvocacy education campaign for the Nov. 4 referendum on a 1% transportation sales tax and an associated bond question, including an interactive map, 40-plus outreach presentations and review by legal counsel to ensure compliance with ethics rules.
Lancaster County's communications team presented a public-education plan to the Lancaster County Council for an upcoming referendum that would ask voters to approve a 1% sales tax increase to fund transportation projects and a separate bond question to finance multiple road projects.
Miss Woods, representing the county's marketing and communications team, told council members the campaign is strictly educational and staff have conferred with legal counsel to avoid prohibited advocacy. "We have to be limited in our conversation today," the chair reminded the body at the start of the presentation; Woods said the outreach is intended to…
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