Osceola County voters rejected a penny sales tax increase, and St. Johns County voters will likely do the same.
Osceola voters reject proposed penny sales tax by 2-to-1 margin
Pedestrian intersection near the Osceola County Courthouse at W Emmett Street in downtown Kissimmee, on Friday, November 3, 2017. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Orlando Sentinel)
Osceola voters were clear Tuesday on their stance on a proposed penny sales-tax increase: No way.
By a more than 2-to-1 margin, voters swamped the measure that was expected to bring in about $2 billion over 30 years. The plan was meant to shore up transportation funding gaps, allowing the rapidly growing county to move forward on various projects to widen roads, fill in potholes, build new sidewalks and make other improvements.
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