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York said ‘enough’
By Tommy N. Turner
Nov. 5, 2026
York County voters were asked Tuesday for one more penny, and 61 percent said no. Doug Holroyd, who chairs the Board of Supervisors, says voters “overwhelmingly rejected another sales tax increase.” He is thinking too small. York voters have had enough of all of it, and the county spent 18 months getting them there.
Count what they were handed. In May 2025 supervisors raised the real estate rate 4 cents and the personal property rate 20 cents, the first real estate increase in nine years. This January’s reassessment lifted values 9.4 percent, and the county’s own budget says that adds about $28 a month for…