Otero Voters Say No

By roughly 52-48 percent, voters in New Mexico's Otero County rejected increasing the county's sales tax to support development of Spaceport America.

Because most of the financing is already in place and two other counties involved in the project had already approved sales tax increases, the enterprise will move ahead. Current plans have 2010 as the year things will really begin to happen there.

If that timeframe holds, voters in Otero County may be asked to reconsider their decision in a couple years.