GUEST COLUMN : Not making the sale
Multiple reasons help explain Tuesday's millage vote
Posted: September 18, 2009 at 5:26 a.m.
They just didn't make the sale. A week before voters rejected the 4.9-mill tax increase to fund a$115 million Fayetteville High School, I knew it was in big trouble. I was waiting my turn in the barbershop, where six barbers were clipping and snipping hairfrom six heads. All of the talk centered around the upcoming tax election.
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Opinion, Pages 4 on 09/18/2009
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