In a loud NO to new taxes, Lexington
County voters rejected a move by Lexington County Council
The NO vote for the tax was 70 percent
to 30 percent for it. Many big spenders got behind the tax, but the
people drowned out the well-financed pro-tax campaign.
Bill Banning, a former Lexington County
Councilman lost his council seat to anti-tax candidate Ned Tolar, who
was elected to council with no opposition, Tuesday.
The NO vote was 36,441 to 15,482 with
75 percent of the county's precincts reporting.
The loss comes after the big-hitters of local media, including The State newspaper, promoted the additional tax, that would have cost taxpayers about $400 million over eight years.
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