Polk County voters reject 1-cent sales tax
BPC Staff Mar 7, 2018 | 5:06 pm
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68 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsDes Moines Register: Voters in most Polk County cities shot down a 1-cent increase to the local sales tax Tuesday. This is the third time since 1996 that voters have rejected an increase to the sales tax. It failed by 227 votes in the 10 Polk County cities that have contiguous borders: Altoona, Bondurant, Clive, Des Moines, Grimes, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights.