HOSPITAL TAX.(Taylor County, Florida, hospital to be paid for with new sales tax)(Brief Article)

HOSPITAL TAX: About 60 miles east of Tallahassee in little Taylor County (pop: 19,300), voters have OKed a 30-year, one-cent sales tax to pay for construction of a 48-bed replacement hospital.

The referendum passed by a 73-27 margin, said Doctor's Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Julie Thompson. The issue was championed by hospital chief executive officer Alan Levine, who worked for Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. in Pasco County a few …