The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

The City of Dayton is asking the city’s voters next month to approve a sales tax increase within the city of 0.2%. The funds will be used to help improve the city’s streets and sidewalks.

If the February 10 measure is approved by at least 50% of voters, Dayton will set up a new “Transportation Benefit District” (TBD – get it?) which will collect the new funds and can use them only for transportation improvements.

So the future of potential projects to improve the city’s ailing streets is to be determined by the voters.

The tax increase is miniscule: it will add 20 cents to a $1...