Party celebrates 20 years of half-cent tax
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Tyler Mayor Martin Heines cuts the cake at a reception at Main Street Gallery Thursday for the 20th anniversary of Tyler voters approving the half-cent sales tax. Tyler adopted the half-cent sales tax in 1995. Each year, it collects approximately $13 million in half-cent sales tax revenues, which has allowed the city to pay cash for capital improvements. Pictured from left: city councilman Don Warren, Mayor Martin Heines, and councilmen John Nix and Ed Moore. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Piggy banks decorate tables at a reception at Main Street Gallery Thursday for the 20th anniversary of Tyler voters approving the half-cent sales tax. Tyler adopted the half-cent sales tax in 1995. Each year, it collects approximately $13 million in half-cent sales tax revenues, which has allowed the city to pay cash for capital improvements. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Former Tyler Mayor Joey Seeber speaks at a reception at Main Street Gallery Thursday for the 20th anniversary of Tyler voters approving the half-cent sales tax. Tyler adopted the half-cent sales tax in 1995. Each year, it collects approximately $13 million in half-cent sales tax revenues, which has allowed the city to pay cash for capital improvements. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler city councilman Don Warren applauds during a reception at Main Street Gallery Thursday for the 20th anniversary of Tyler voters approving the half-cent sales tax. Tyler adopted the half-cent sales tax in 1995. Each year, it collects approximately $13 million in half-cent sales tax revenues, which has allowed the city to pay cash for capital improvements. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Tyler city manager Edward Broussard, left, shakes hands with city councilman Ed Moore as they trade places at the podium during a reception at Main Street Gallery Thursday for the 20th anniversary of Tyler voters approving the half-cent sales tax. Tyler adopted the half-cent sales tax in 1995. Each year, it collects approximately $13 million in half-cent sales tax revenues, which has allowed the city to pay cash for capital improvements. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph)