Fore Note: Lenoir City wasn't the only local governing body to try to jack up taxes on their residents. Over in Roane County, commissioners put a $50 wheel tax on the ballot. It was overwhelming defeated even though it was billed as being for education. Nobody's falling for that any more. Let Lenoir City and Roane County be a lesson to all elected officials. No more taxes.Voters reject proposed wheel tax
Many predicted the wheel tax referendum would
fail mightily in Tuesday’s election.
They were proven right by the unofficial returns, which showed 14,813 voted against it compared to just 4,019 for. “It was a beat down,” Commissioner Junior Hendrickson said. “That wheel tax had a blowout.” Nearly 79 percent of the people who voted in the referendum were against the wheel tax. |
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11/19/18