November 2, 2011

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Healthy Community Fund tax increase wins "

Andrew Travers:

"Pitkin County voters approved a renewal and increase of the Healthy Community Fund’s dedicated property tax in this fall’s mail-in election, which ended Tuesday.

Sixty percent of county voters cast ballots in favor of the measure, which appeared as Referendum 1A, according to unofficial results from the clerk’s office Tuesday night...."


There were two very worthwhile measures on the local ballots this year that passed with flying colors.

Proving that it's not the raising of taxes that is objected to.

It's the raising of taxes for failed or failing endeavors that have other means, if only folks will do the work to reach for those means, to sustain themselves.

Congratulations on the passage of the 'Healthy Community Fund'.  One of those very worthwhile measures.

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