Affton Voters Approve Tax Hike for Additional Ambulance
The fire district will use the 26 cent increase to reduce the load on its overtaxed current ambulance.
The votes are in, and Affton residents came out to strongly support the Affton Fire Protection District’s Proposition A, a 26 cent property tax increase to pay for adding a second ambulance to the district. “It was a pretty big win,” said Affton Fire Captain Ben Waser, who helped organize the Yes on A campaign. Prop A passed with 2,433 ‘yes’ votes, about 62 percent of the total. Waser said Tuesday evening that voters he met at the polls were very positive about the tax increase. “The huge majority of people said ‘Yup, there’s a need, we support you,’” Waser said. “They were outwardly saying ‘we are 100 percent behind you.’” The tax increase will bring in $1.27 million in revenue, which Chief Jim Fritz said would be used to add an …
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Randy Not
1:20 am on Friday, April 6, 2012
I don't have a clue how this passed, my wife and I voted against it. I have been out of work for over 2 years now, my unemployment has run out and we are barely hanging on her modest salary. We love the area but are afraid that we could loose our home, even a small tax increase might be what causes us to become homeless. I can barely afford groceries for my family of 5 and you are worried about a… more ›