Shawnee County residents to vote on whether to raise sales taxes for Gage Park, zoo, Discovery Center

Shawnee County residents will vote Nov. 8 on whether to levy a new, countywide, 0.2% sales tax to benefit Gage Park, the Topeka Zoo and the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center. Shawnee County Commissioners Aaron Mays, Kevin Cook and Bill Riphahn voted 3-0 Thursday to schedule a ballot question election regarding that matter. “I think it’s important to note that we are not passing a sales tax,” Cook said. “That is for the taxpayers to decide on a ballot.”
Source: CJonline