Poll: Readers split on taxes for county road work

Last week, The Jamestown Sun asked readers of its Web site the question “At current tax levels, Stutsman County can only afford to maintain 90 of its 228 miles of paved roads. What should the county do?” Here are the results of the unscientific survey:

Recycle the roads

it cannot maintain and

turn them into gravel

34 percent (102 responses)

Create a special assessment

for county residents to pay

for more paved roads

28 percent (84)

Raise taxes enough

to maintain them all

17.3 percent (52)

Raise taxes enough to maintain more than 90 miles of roads while recycling some

14.3 percent (43)

I don’t know

6.3 percent (19)

Total responses: 300

The next question for Sun readers to consider is “Parents concerned about students being cut from Jamestown High School athletic teams appealed to the Jamestown Public School Board recently to add more teams and allow more students to play. Should more teams be added?” Readers can answer by logging on to www.jamestownsun.com.

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