No more 'clown show'? Woodland Park kills effort to repeal school sales tax

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No more 'clown show'? Woodland Park kills effort to repeal school sales tax

Following repeated threats, compromises and a vote put forth to local taxpayers, Woodland Park’s city council unanimously voted to suspend an ordinance indefinitely to repeal a local sales tax for its public schools during their heavily-attended meeting. The 1.09% sales tax has been in place since 2016 and most recently contributed over $3 million to Woodland Park RE-2’s general fund. Some council members had said revoking these funds is intende…