ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said Friday he will stop his efforts to pass a 1 cent sales tax increase to cover area public transportation improvements to focus all efforts on preventing the coronavirus from spreading further.
Demings has been hosting forums for months, including conducting a county-wide online survey, to determine how to improve the county’s transportation systems.
On Friday, he said he is suspending those pursuits. The tax measure was slated to make the ballot in November but Demings said due to pandemic they won’t make that deadline. “We will take up the transportation after the pandemic,” Demings said.