Use Tax Defeated By City, County Voters
By: Lauren Rauth
Updated: November 7, 2012
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Use Tax was defeated by voters Tuesday night in both St. Joseph and Buchanan County.
It failed with 59 percent of the no vote in the city, and a 59 percent no vote in the county.
The Use Tax allows both the city and county to tax major purchases made outside the state.
If passed, it would apply to items worth more than $2,000.
City and county officials say without it they would lose out on a lot of money.
Voters have defeated a use tax three times before in the past.
It failed with 59 percent of the no vote in the city, and a 59 percent no vote in the county.
The Use Tax allows both the city and county to tax major purchases made outside the state.
If passed, it would apply to items worth more than $2,000.
City and county officials say without it they would lose out on a lot of money.
Voters have defeated a use tax three times before in the past.
Dr.
Sue Hubbard is an award winning pediatrician and medical editor for
www.kidsdr.com. She is a native of Washington, D.C. who travelled south
to attend the University of Texas at Austin and never left. 
