Proposition 414, an initiative that would have increased local sales tax by half a percent to a total of 9.2%, was failing after voting ended Tuesday according to unofficial results from the city of Tucson.
The city received 76,480 ballots , 25.01% of eligible voters in the area, with 53,350, or 69.76%, voting against the measure. Another 23,084 voters, or 30.18%, voted yes.
“Public safety is really going to lose out on on some desperately needed funding. Same thing with affordable housing and and some social services,” Adam Kinsey, a spokesperson for the Yes on Prop 414 Campaign, told Arizona Luminaria…