Sales tax brings in $6.5M for first year

Funding right on target with district’s estimate.

  • Lindsay Laxton, the Columbia County School District’s finance diretor, said the half-cent sales tax generated $6.5 million, ‘right on target’ with the district’s estimates. (FILE)
    Lindsay Laxton, the Columbia County School District’s finance diretor, said the half-cent sales tax generated $6.5 million, ‘right on target’ with the district’s estimates. (FILE)
So far the Columbia County School District’s half-cent sales tax is right on the money. In the first year of collecting the tax funding toward facility upgrades, the district netted $6.46 million,…

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