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Criminal justice tax considered
By Tri-City Herald
Published: 05/06/2008

WASHINGTON - Benton County commissioners voted 2-1 on Monday to send a proposed 0.2 percent criminal justice sales tax to the voters in November amidst tense exchanges between the lone dissenter, Commissioner Claude Oliver, and other county leaders.

Sheriff Larry Taylor and Prosecutor Andy Miller introduced the proposal, which would pay for new officers for all of the county's city police departments and increase staff for the sheriff's and prosecutor's offices. It also would help create a Mental Health Court and expand inmate services. Read more.

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