Voters in Jackson County, Ala., on Tuesday sent county leaders back to the drawing board when roughly 60 percent opposed a proposed one-cent sales tax hike.
Officials say they’ll be going to the cutting board instead.
“To me, people voted ‘no’ for taxes yesterday,” said County Commission Chairman Matthew Hodges. He said he was “incredibly disappointed” by the vote.
“We could go through the exact same process and lose a property-tax vote. There’s no need to waste time or money going through a new tax proposal right now,” he said. “The voters have spoken, and we need to administer the type of government they said they want.”
That means cuts, he said.