DENHAM SPRINGS — Ten months after rejecting a tax renewal for the Denham Springs park system, voters in the western side of Livingston Parish returned to the polls Saturday.
This time, they approved the proposal to raise about $4.25 million annually for the next 10 years. With 26 of 27 precincts reporting, voters approved it in a 62% to 38% decision.
When it was considered last December, the 15-mill renewal was on the ballot with four proposed constitutional amendments and a local proposal to let the parish council hire its own lawyer rather than depend on the parish attorney. This time around, it was on the ballot by itself…