Charlotte Residents Vote In Favor of Transit ... Again
8 November 2007 - 6:00am
The effort to repeal Mecklenburg County's half-cent transit tax was defeated by a wide margin at the polls on Tuesday.
"In 1998, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina voted to enact a half-cent sales tax to support expanded bus service and the construction of a multiple-line mass transit system. After a series of cost overruns a measure to repeal the tax was placed on the ballot for this November's election, just a few weeks short of the opening of Charlotte's first LRT line. Mecklenburg County voters soundly defeated this measure, demonstrating overwhelming support for transit in the Charlotte area."
Source:
The Charlotte Observer, November 7, 2007
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