Over at sister blog The Locker Room, Becki Gray points out some interesting data about the quarter-cent sales tax hike referendum that will appear on the November ballot in Orange County. Among them:

 

  1. They’ve already tried this.  The quarter cent sales tax failed in November 2010 by over 1,000 votes and 66% of voters opposed a land transfer tax increase (which has now been repealed) in May 2004.
  2. November 8, 2012 is the first possible date the sales tax increase can be reconsidered. The commission has called for a special election on November 8. The special election will cost $84,500.
  3. If the referendum passes, the increase will bring Orange County’s sales tax rate to 7.00%. Only Mecklenburg is higher at 7.25%.