Lee Commissioners Cheer SPLOST Vote
Press release from the issuing company
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Despite light turn out, voters in Lee County overwhelmingly supported extending the regular sales tax and a sales tax for schools and commissioners Wednesday say that will help them not raise taxes for homeowners.
Lee County Commissioners were thrilled that more than 85 -percent of voter approved the SPLOST extension. The one percent sales tax is expected to generate 26 million dollars for the county to fund all sorts of projects. A majority of the projects include road improvements and public safety items.
