Tuesday, April 22 is the date set for a tax referendum among Sierra County, New Mexico voters to decide whether or not to impose a .25% sales tax to become part of the team sponsoring Spaceport America.The deal struck nearly two years ago was that at least two of the three counties surrounding the New Mexico spaceport would create a taxing district by voting to levy a quarter percent on gross receipts to support the spaceport construction with the state.
Dona Ana County approved the tax last year, with Las Cruces going for it in a big way and voters in the southern part of the county making it a close election. Otero County has not set a date for a vote. Sierra County is the site of the would-be spaceport.
The April 22 vote in Sierra County is expected to be close just as it was in Dona Ana County last April even with New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's active support [video].
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