Committee for WRTA passage raises more money this time out

YOUNGSTOWN — The committee seeking to pass a 0.25 percent sales tax in Mahoning County on the Nov. 4 ballot to expand Western Reserve Transit Authority’s bus service has raised more than four times the amount of money for its effort than it did when the measure was rejected in March.

Between July 1 and Oct. 15, Friends of Transit raised $45,412 to get the message out about the sales tax proposal, according to pre-general election campaign reports that had to be filed with the county board of elections by today.

The measure was rejected by 56.5 percent of voters on the March 4 ballot. The committee only raised $9,834 during the campaign earlier this year.

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