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Public Safety Sales Tax Wins in Henry County

After losing three times, the fourth time turned out to be the "charm" for the proposed public safety sales tax in Henry County. It was approved in Tuesday's voting by 59 to 37 per cent.

The half-cent sales tax, or one half of one per cent, will raise an estimated 1.4 million dollars per year. 
 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.