Friday's Internet Edition, 10:24 AM, May 09, 2008. Mayor’s Race and Civic Center Prop. highlight election - The City of Groesbeck election on this Saturday, May 10, will be highlighted by the mayor’s race and a sales tax proposition for a new civic center for Groesbeck. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with the voting to take place in the City Courtroom of the Groesbeck City Hall. Early voting by personal appearance ended on Tuesday of this week (May 6). In the mayor’s race incumbent Mayor Jackie Levingston is being challenged by Randy Bostain who is presently serving on the Groesbeck City Council. Mayor Levingston is completing her first two year term as mayor and previously served on the City Council for a number of years. Three incumbent Groesbeck City Council members are seeking reelection unopposed. These Council members are Alice Thompson, Ronald Fritz, and Kim Harris. An item of high interest on the City of Groesbeck Election ballot is a proposition in regard to a new Groesbeck Civic Center. The proposition before the voters is to authorize the City of Groesbeck to levy a one quarter cent sales tax for the construction and related infrastructure of a new civic center. If the proposition passes, the one-quarter of a cent sales tax would make the sales tax in Groesbeck 8 1/4 percent. At the present time the sales tax in Groesbeck is 8 percent with 6.25 going to the state; one percent going to the city; one-half of one percent going to the Groesbeck Economic Development Corporation; and one-fourth of one percent going to street maintenance. The additional one-quarter of a cent sales tax would generate approximately $75,000 yearly which would go toward the new civic center. With this additional sales tax revenue going to the new civic center, the new facility will not increase ad valorem taxes. If the proposition passes, plans call for the new civic center to be built on Highway 164 West across from Stevens Dental Clinic. The proposed new facility will be built on land that the city already owns, and it will be adjacent to the new city park area. This is an on-line publication of Groesbeck Journal P.O. Box 440 Groesbeck, TX 76642-0440 254-729-5103 For comments or questions, email Publisher: Thomas Hawkins thawkins@groesbeckjournal.com The Web Site contains material which is protected by international copyright and trademark laws. No material may be copied, reproduced, republished, broadcast or distributed in any way or decompiled, except that you may download one copy of the Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. On-line publication, Copyright 2000, Groesbeck Journal. Web page design, Copyright 2000, EZ Edit Web Publishing.