Voters saying 'yes' to sales tax increase

PASO ROBLES — If city officials were at one point worried that voters might reject a proposed sales tax measure aimed at fixing the city's crumbling streets, they perhaps had little reason to doubt this week.

On Tuesday, voters in Paso Robles overwhelmingly approved a temporary, supplemental half-cent sales tax increase as a means to generate added revenue that would "go a long way to repair aging roads," City Manager Jim App, confirmed on Wednesday. The results are only preliminary as several thousand remaining ballots are to be counted.

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