The group wanting voters to decide on the Christian County School Board’s nickel property tax increase has announced a headquarters location and hours when registered voters in Christian County can sign their petition.
‘Citizens Right to Vote on Tax Increases’ has opened a headquarters in the Holiday Park Plaza at 3800 Lafayette Road, according to a news release, which says the office will be manned Monday through Friday from 5 until 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Other designated locations to sign the petition include H&R Agri-Power on the Eagle Way Bypass and the Plow Point Restaurant on Greenville Road in the Lacy community during regular business hours.
The Crofton Café will have petitions to sign this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The group needs just over 2,200 signatures of registered voters by April 8 to get the measure on a ballot—likely in this November’s general election. They plan to go door-to-door on Saturday, March 16.
The school board approved a 5.5 cent per 100 dollars of assessed value property tax increase at its February 21st meeting. It would allow the district to increase its bonding capacity enough to construct a new academic building for Hopkinsville High School and it’s possible the state could match some of the new revenue.