Scott Swanson
Sweet Home’s swimming pool got a two-year reprieve, by a fingernail in swim racers’ lingo, as a two-year local option tax for pool operations passed by a 54-vote margin Tuesday, May 15.
County Commissioner Will Tucker was another winner, in the only other truly contested local race, defeating challenger Christine Ruck to earn a second four-year term on the commission. Tucker drew 5,853 (59.89 percent) votes to 2,717 (27.80 percent) for Ruck in…