The Pittsburg City Commission approves additional funding to a wireless internet program. Dragonnet will provide about 500 Pittsburg community schools students and their families with internet in their homes. The project was initially funded through a $1.1 million grant from the state. The city will now be contributing an additional $100,000 to help get the project done. And that money will come from sales taxes. Jay Byers, Deputy City Manager, Pittsburg, said, “The sales tax has been coming in very strong. So, we’re able to take half of that from the public safety sales tax fund balance. And it’s a public safety feature we will definitely use it to enhance our public safety efforts. And the other one is our utility funds.
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