Updated: 1 January 2013 | 10:35 am in Top 10 stories of 2012 -- Staff picks
#6 staff story of 2012: LOST vote fails
Tax would have helped pay for flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids
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Voters reject a 10-year extension of the 1 percent local-option sales tax to pay for flood protection in Cedar Rapids.
STORIES FROM THE YEAR:
- Dec. 23 — Flood protection in Cedar Rapids remains top priority
- Sept. 28 — Local-option tax support group donates extra funds to flood-recovery agencies
- July 1 — Gazette investigation: Many Linn tax petition signers didn’t vote
- April 19 — C.R. aiming to tap into flood protection fund
- April 3 — Flood mitigation bill clears Iowa House, headed to governor
- March 26 — No stopping us now
- March 12 — Linn County still needs state’s help for flood protection, lawmakers say
- March 11 — Marion likely to put projects on hold after tax extension defeat
- March 7 — C.R. tax supporters ‘done with the issue’
- March 6 — Another loss for LOST
- March 5 — Subcommittee gives preliminary approval to sales tax plan
- March 3 — Cedar Rapids vote Tuesday would fund ‘preferred’ flood protection plan
- March 2 – Financial disclosure reports filed ahead of Local Option Sales Tax vote
- March 2 — Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance pushes support for sales-tax extension
- March 2 — How Cedar Rapids has spent local-option tax revenue
- Feb. 29 — No last-minute campaign blitz planned for Cedar Rapids local-option tax supporters
- Feb. 29 — Tax extension opponents plead their case
- Feb. 28 — Flood protection funding clears Iowa Senate
- Feb. 26 — Development of west-side downtown murky at best
- Feb. 26 — Opinions on tax vote vary in rebuilt New Bohemia
- Feb. 20 — CREST intensifying efforts to promote March 6 local-option tax vote
- Feb. 19 — Does it play at the barbershop?
- Feb. 16 — What’s on the March 6 sales tax ballot for non-Cedar Rapids residents?
- Feb. 9 — One step forward
- Feb. 8 – Iowa Senate panel approves bill creating flood mitigation fund
- Feb. 6 — All’s quiet on the LOST front
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