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At a packed meeting today, Pinellas County Commissioners voted 5-1 to move ahead with a November 2014 referendum on developing an expanded mass transit system. Voters will be asked to raise the local sales tax by a penny to pay for a light-rail network and a significant expansion of the county's bus system.

 

Pinellas commissioners have until August 2014 to approve the language that will appear on the ballot.

 

If Pinellas voters approve the referendum here, the tax would raise about $130 million a year.

 

For the full article, visit the Tampa Tribune.