Opponents Of Half-cent Sales Tax Plan To Enter Tv Ad Battle

Opponents of a proposed half-cent sales tax for paying down Jacksonville’s huge pension debt plan to announce Wednesday they will take their case to the airwaves with a television spot urging rejection of the measure. So far, the Yes for Jacksonville campaign rallying support for the sales tax has dominated the cycle of paid campaign ads leading up to the Tuesday election on the referendum. The news conference announcing that opponents will enter that advertising battle is slated for 1 p.m.