The city of Fillmore held a special election Tuesday, hoping to raise its sales tax by 0.75 percent to 8 percent to generate monies for the city coffers. The tax revenue would have been less than $500,000 a year. But the 1,168 voters would went to the ballot box rejected the tax increase with 739 (63.27%) voting NO, and 429 (36.73%) voting YES.

The tax increase would have expired in 5-years, or sooner if Fillmore’s disagreement with the cities of Livermore and Industry over nearly $2 million sales tax revenue from Owens & Minor is settled in Fillmore’s favor.