Effect of broadcast on tax downplayed

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains and county Commissioner John McNally say they don’t think a Cafaro Co.-sponsored TV program, aired Sunday concerning Oakhill Renaissance Place, will affect the outcome of the May 8 renewal vote on the county’s half percent sales tax.

“I believe the voters are going to see through it and realize that this is a public safety issue,” Gains said, referring to the role of the sales tax in funding county jail operations.

“I think the voters — the citizens of Mahoning County — realize that the issue about the sales tax is about funding government operations, specifically funding the criminal justice system,” McNally said. “My cell phone has not rung. I have not gotten any e-mails,” concerning the Cafaro program, he said Monday.

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