Judge rejects suit challenging initiatives to lower fire taxes

Mon, Feb 9 2009

A judge this week rejected a lawsuit that aimed to stop two tax-lowering ballot initiatives in the Mehlville Fire Protection District.

Mehlville resident Dennis Skelton sued the district’s board of directors, claiming the ballot measures were illegal.

The board of directors voted Jan. 23 to place two measures on the ballot for the April 7 election.