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Sales tax plan awaits voters: Increase would help restore Crime Check.
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Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
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October 10, 2007
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Byline: John Craig
Oct. 10--Proponents and opponents of a sales tax increase for emergency communications agree that Spokane County needs to restore Crime Check and build a new digital radio network.
They just disagree on how to pay for it.
Former County Commissioners John Roskelley, a Democrat, and Kate McCaslin, a Republican, found common ground in a voters' pamphlet statement against the proposed 0.1 percent sales tax increase. They contend existing revenue should instead be used, and argue that the proposed tax would collect too much money.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and other emergency service providers say local governments have nowhere near enough spare ...
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