Why Did Guilford County Voters Approve The Sales Tax?

The News and Record and the Rhino Times have attempted to explain how the sales tax increase passed.

The News and Record says it is because the county was permitted to explain on the ballot how the money would be spent. There was a list of places the money would go.

The Rhino Times offered this same explanation, but also added the following:

Alston said firefighters, teachers and others who stood to benefit were making the case even without the billboards and advertising that had marked earlier efforts.

“It was an underground campaign that did it,” he said.

I think the Rhino probably got it more right than the News and Record did. But the implications are that the socialist county commissioners will fritter away the money. I doubt it will restrain property tax increases even one iota.