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Mauldin voters approve a penny sales tax while Greenville County's fails again
Mauldin's penny tax is estimated to raise $24.5 million
Source: Post and Courier
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Greenville | $500 million |
| Simpsonville | $55.5 million |
| Mauldin | $24.5 million |
| Travelers Rest | $19.8 million |
If you voted in Mauldin on Tuesday, your city's penny sales tax passed with just over 54 percent, according to unofficial results. It's estimated to generate $24.5 million, much of it for street projects and a new fire station.
The countywide penny didn't make it. WSPA reports voters rejected it for the second time in two years. The cities' plan sends 80% to capital projects and road repairs and 20% to property tax relief for owner-occupied homes. County officials, the Post and Courier says, will have to go back to the drawing board.
- Greenville: nearly 67% voted yes
- Travelers Rest: nearly 57% voted yes
- Simpsonville: a little less than 51% voted yes
- Results are unofficial
Greenville County's penny tax failed with a $2 billion road repair deficit ahead
- $1.1 billion
- the countywide tax was expected to raise
- 51.5%
- of voters, roughly, opposed the countywide tax
- $2 billion
- road repair deficit the county confronts
- $150 million
- borrowing question that no longer mattered
Sources: Post and Courier, WSPA 7News
