Ax the Tax

Countywide Question – November 8, 2016

PALM BEACH COUNTY
DISTRICT SCHOOLS, CITIES AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ONE-CENT SALES SURTAX

To enhance education by improving district-owned school buildings, equipment, technology and security; purchase school buses, public safety vehicles and equipment; and equip, construct and repair roads, bridges, signals, streetlights, sidewalks, parks, drainage, shoreline and wastewater infrastructure, recreational and governmental facilities; shall the County levy a one-cent sales surtax beginning January 1, 2017 and automatically ending on or before December 31, 2026, with independent oversight by citizen committees?
____ FOR THE ONE CENT SALES TAX
____ AGAINST THE ONE CENT SALES TAX

According to the Palm Beach County School District a house with a median household income of $52,878, the family could expect to pay $129.03 more a year.

"Ax the Tax", a group opposing the increase says the tax is a 17% increase to families. Sid Dinerstein says it should be advertised as such, "Their literature says it's a penny, it's one percent those are intended to keep people from understanding what a great money grab this is." Source: WPTV