Victory for the group Limited Government

Almost from the start last night, Jerry Barnett liked the running totals projected onto the computer screen inside the meeting room where the Oconee County votes were tallied. What he liked especially was that, from the start, from the first absentee totals reported the 1-cent addition to the local sales tax seemed doomed for defeat. Barnett, a member of the group Limited Government for Oconee, actively campaigned for the referendum’s defeat by handing out cards that read, “Not just a penny. It’s a 16% sales take hike!!! Vote no!!!