Officials pitch half-cent sales tax for schools

20-year tax would fund two new schools.

  • Superintendent Lex Carswell speaks at Richardson Community Center Thursday on the proposed half-cent sales tax to fund new schools. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    Superintendent Lex Carswell speaks at Richardson Community Center Thursday on the proposed half-cent sales tax to fund new schools. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    Columbia County school officials are doing their best to sell a sales tax that voters will decide on next month. That sales pitch continued Thursday at Richardson Community Center.

    The Columbia School …