| Denver area voters won't see Fastracks sales-tax vote in November |
The Denver Post
April 27, 2011,
RTD directors voted 13-1 Tuesday night to refrain from putting a FasTracks sales-tax increase on the November ballot.
Directors acted at a special meeting of the Regional Transportation District board after hearing agency staffers cite the unanimous opinion of at least a dozen political consultants that a tax election would likely be unwinnable this year.
Directors also were told that there is not expected to be enough financial support from the metro Denver business community to wage a tax-election campaign in 2011.
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