<p>Voting options will be upon us in November. Polk citizens simply cannot afford to pay an additional 1 percent in general sales taxes in order to pay for increased bus service and road maintenance.</p><p>As already mentioned in Ledger articles, an increase to 8 percent sales tax will hurt businesses trying to compete within our county and will result in these business having to reduce employees. </p><p>And such a general, across-the-board sales tax increase will hurt every fixed-income retiree and certainly every lower-wage worker.</p><p>Just think of the number of things we pay sales taxes on. </p><p>Please vote no on increasing sales tax to 8 percent. This county is already poor enough.</p><p>Most of us now realize that “medical marijuana” will rapidly turn into a free-for-all, so let’s not open these gates. </p><p>We won’t need legal help to assist us. </p><p>We already know that the language of who qualifies is open for confusion. It is not limited to only those with debilitating diseases, as it should be.</p><p>Please vote no on medical marijuana. We already have enough problems with alcohol.</p><p>JERRY E. POPELKA</p><p>Winter Haven</p>
No Tax Hike and No Marijuana
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