CENTRAL FLORIDA — While the talk is about the candidates and who won or lost their respected races, voters also weighed in on issues impacting their wallets on Election Day, like when it comes to paying more in taxes.
What You Need To Know
- Breaking down the ballot from across Central Florida
- How certain measures will impact your tax dollars
- Get the full breakdown here
When it comes to spending, some voters opted to pay more in taxes, while others did the opposite.
On the ballot in Orange County was the transportation sales surtax. As a bit of a refresher, that was the question on the ballot on whether voters wanted to spend one more percent in sales tax in Orange County, all to pay for more transportation options and some improvements, like expanding roads and upgrading major intersections and the like.
The county estimated increasing the tax to 7.5% would have provided a projected $600 million per year.
However, voters said “NO” to that this Election Day.
In Lake County, the “YES” went to keeping a school safety tax. It’s a three-quarter millage tax to pay for things like security and mental health services in schools.
The superintendent earlier this week talked about all the things the funding provides for students there.
“So, whether it’s the deputies, the school nurses, or mental health experts. Our in school suspension program, all of those programs are just tremendous, have been tremendous additions to all of our schools and providing services for our students," said Diane Kornegay.
In Osceola County, some voted “YES” to an infrastructure sales tax, where the money goes toward projects like schools, parks and roads.
And in Brevard County, approval of a tax to raise teacher pay.
