Star Tribune Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:30:20 GMT
Counties must act fast to get transit tax funds
Seven metro-area counties have three weeks to decide if they want to start collecting new tax revenues by July 1. ... The decision on the sales tax will be easier for some counties than for others. Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka and Dakota already are heavily into transit planning and finance. Washington County is supporting the study of potential rail corridors but is not as far along as the others. Washington Commissioner Myra Peterson said that in voting on a sales tax, members of the county board will want to be assured that a new sales tax will deliver results. "It's going to be really important to the suburban counties that we do have transitway improvements,'' Peterson said. "Some of my naysayers will need some assurances that there will be some additional transit opportunities for them.''
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