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Mosquito control funding passes, sensitive lands tax falls by wayside
Hernando Today
Published: November 6, 2012
Two countywide referendums experienced different fates during Tuesday's election.Published: November 6, 2012
The referendum dealing with funding mosquito control easily passed voter scrutiny by a margin of 29,472 votes, or 53,892 to 24,420.
Passage of the referendum means a property with a taxable value of $100,000 will pay roughly $10 per year if the full amount is levied to help fund mosquito control.
The second referendum dealing with a tax to help preserve sensitive lands in Hernando County failed to gain voters approval by roughly 3 percentage points, or 39,836 no votes to 37,494 yes votes.
The no vote means the program could come to a halt if the county cannot come up with an alternate funding source for the program.