Dateline: January 31, 2008

State okays Gray, Childress to vote CC tax

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board gave a quick blessing to a request by Gray and Childress county residents seeking to institute a five-cent maintenance tax that would go to Clarendon College facilities.

CC President Bill Auvenshine said the board asked no questions about the proposal and approved the request on a voice vote that covered all the items on its “consent calendar.”

Gray and Childress county voters will consider the tax during May elections.

If approved by voters, the tax of five cents per $100 valuation could generate about $700,000 per year in Gray County and about $100,000 per year in Childress County. Funds raised by the tax could only be spent in the respective county to support the costs of CC’s educational centers in Pampa and Childress.