Columbus, OH Approves Increased Income Tax Rate of 2.5% to Fund Police, Fire and Parks

{RIGHT: yellow=for the tax increase, red=against the tax increase, green=tie vote (map courtesy of The Columbus Dispatch)} Voters in Columbus, OH decided Tuesday that paying more in income tax is well worth the services the money provides. The personal income tax will increase to 2.5% from 2.0% beginning in October. The tax was last increased …