IN SANDOVAL COUNTY, THE HOSPITAL TAX QUESTION DIDN’T MAKE IT … BUT IT WAS A CLOSE VOTE. CLOSE TO 51-AND-A-HALF PERCENT OF VOTERS IN SANDOVAL COUNTY CAST THEIR BALLOTS AGAINST THE MEASURE … BARELY BEATING OUT THE 48 AND A HALF PERCENT WHO WERE IN FAVOR OF THE TAX HIKE.
THE EXTENSION OF THE SANDOVAL COUNTY HOSPITAL MILL LEVY, THAT WAS FIRST PASSED EIGHT YEARS AGO, PROVIDED NEARLY 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN RUST MEDICAL CENTER AND THE SANDOVAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
