Ellis County is looking at a countywide sales tax to fix its budget crisis.
But the question is whether it would share the money with cities in Ellis County.
That was the debate among the three Ellis County Commissioners at their regular meeting Monday evening, asking whether voters will approve a tax the county doesn’t share among the cities.
If shared, that would more than halve the amount of money the county gets from the tax.
But County Commissioner Dean Haselhorst was firm the county must share, when it comes to the cities.
“I’m not going to single out we’re going to take it all,” Haselhorst said. “Because I think that’s going to crash, quicker than you can imagine. If we’re going to say Ellis County is going to keep it all, it’s going to crash …. Because why would Victoria vote for it? Why would Ellis vote for it? Why would the city of Hays vote for it?”
(Read more: News – The Hays Daily News)