By the numbers


February 22, 2007 at 12:00a.m.


BY THE NUMBERS
A 10-year history of Mahoning County sales tax repeals, which resulted in taxpayers' keeping more money in their pockets but also resulted in a reduction of revenues to the county:
Time tax not collectedLost revenue
January-June '97 5,560,017
January '98-December '99 24,790,935
January-September '05 10,500,359
Total loss for 10 years 40,851,311
Source: Mahoning County Administrator George J. Tablack