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'08 tax measure in works: Half-cent hike would help fund transportation projects.

Byline: Larry Parsons

Jun. 29--Monterey County transportation officials will ask residents again next year to pay higher sales taxes to help cover a $1 billion shortfall in funding for local highway and transportation projects.

Planning for the November 2008 election kicked into second gear Thursday as 80 members of the community -- from business, farming, tourism, education, government and environmental groups -- were asked to help craft the half-cent sales tax measure.

The Transportation Agency for Monterey County, buoyed by a recent poll showing potential voters leaning more favorably to a tax measure, is putting together another package of traffic safety, ...

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