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Residents tell council this is not the time for a sales-tax increase; conservation-district official urges voters to request ballots
Summary
During community forum on Jan. 27, multiple residents urged Pierce County officials not to raise sales taxes now, while the executive director of the Pierce Conservation District explained how to request ballots and said four candidates are running for one seat.
Members of the public used the council’s community forum on Jan. 27 to press the council on proposed local tax changes and to urge broader community engagement.
Resident Ken Paulson told the council he opposed a March proposal to raise the Pierce County sales tax by 0.1 percentage point and urged officials to look for efficiency savings before asking residents to pay more. "There's gonna be a proposal to raise this sales tax 1 tenth of 1% for Pierce County," Paulson said, adding that…
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