ElectionWednesday, November 4
Mauldin voters approve a penny sales tax while Greenville County's fails again
The 5AM Mauldin team
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.
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 |
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
Sources: Post and Courier, WSPA 7News, FOX Carolina News