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Letter: City clarifies tax spending on streets
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Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 12:18 PM Updated: Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020 12:44 PM
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As the media and community engagement manager for the city, I applaud the question raised by Durango High School student Naomi Rowe (“More questions about the 9-R bond issue,” Dec. 18) regarding the 2019 sales tax increase and how it has been spent.
Transparency is key for local government. However, some clarification is needed. Durango voters in April 2019 approved raising the tax by a half cent to improve the city’s streets. All money from the increase has been spent exclusively for that purpose, which includes construction, o