Sales Tax is Held Over

The decision was by one vote. Mark Harris is instructed to deliver the 0% budget, and if the board ends up adding too much in, they will bring back the tax resolution.

I am not happy with the result, I think we could have won. Still, it is better than a loss.

There was overwhelming support in the room. The only voices against were the usual crowd of "grumpy Gus's" and employees of a retail association and the realtor's.

A supervisor I spoke with said that of the calls he recieved, 90% were against the tax. He did add, however, that of the people he spoke with, it was only the 10% for it that had complete information ('quality calls' he called them).

Here is a roll call:

For holding it over:

Arlene Schmuhl, Bernard Egan, Claud Thompson, Donald Griesbach, Forrest E. Weber, Grant Sim, Harold Steineke, James Lauson, Jeanette Diakoff, Jerold Finch, Joseph Hotynski, Joseph Maehl, Kenneth B. Robl, Michael Norton, Patrick Brennand, Patrick O'Brien, Phillips L. Scoville, Robert Warnke

Against:

Alfred Jacobson, Bill Wingren, Chuck Farrey, David Albrecht, Frank Tower, Harvey J. Rengstorf, Herbert Kramer, James Koziczkowski, Joanne Sievert, John A. Schaidler, Kathleen Lennon, Paul Sundquist, Stan Kline, Stephen Rankin, Steven Arne, Thomas R. Pech Jr., Thomas W. Widener

Absent:

Nancy Barker

Note: Sups. Pech & Lennon left directly after this vote and did not stay for the rest of business.

Update: I heard that Sup. Pech had a work commitment that he left to attend even the part of the meeting that he did. A post of how hard it is to have a full-time job and be in government is comig...