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...passed to 82, surpassing the 60% majority required to enact the tax. Only 7% of the 9,000-plus people on the voter rolls in the city turned out on a sultry summer day' to cast a vote at the city's nine precincts.
"We're obviously very pleased and very enthusiastic about what's going to happen with tourism in the future," said McComb Mayor Torn Walman. "We're going to set up a tourism bureau and hire a professional tourism director and we're looking forward to getting started. It'll be October before we ever receive any funds, and it won't be that much to start with, but...
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