Preliminary, unofficial results showed that a ballot measure to create a half-cent sales tax increase in Tucson was losing by a large margin Tuesday night. The tax would have raised some $800 million over 10 years to fund public safety and community investment.
Proposition 414, the Safe & Vibrant City ballot measure , asked Tucsonans to vote on raising the city’s sales tax from 2.6% to 3.1%.
City officials tout the measure as an effort to fund critical services following a statewide change in income tax policy that decreased the money the city receives from the state …