Durham County commissioners voted 5 to nothing Monday to go forward with a tax-hike trifecta plan. This fall’s ballot will ask voters to approve two tax hikes: a quarter-cent hike in the sales tax and a half-cent sales tax for transit.
According to the Herald-Sun, Commissioner Michael Page also commented about what’s to come next year with the property tax:
“We didn’t want to bring this on next year when [an increased] property tax is likely,” Page said.
It’s a tax-hikers dream come true.
