Bill Warren challenges Sam Williams to sign affidavit on sales tax vote

Movie theater owner Bill Warren said he has signed an affidavit swearing that mayoral candidate Sam Williams told a handful of developers he voted for the sale tax that voters rejected in November.

Williams has said he voted against it.

Warren challenged Williams on Friday to sign a legal affidavit saying how he voted. He had previously challenged Williams to take a polygraph test, which Williams said he would not do.

Warren on Friday also announced samgate.com, a website where he put documents, e-mail copies and media links that he said call Williams’ truthfulness into question.

Williams, a retired ad executive, is running for mayor against City Council member Jeff Longwell.

“This attack is nonsense,” Williams said in a prepared response. “I hesitate to even respond to it. I will say, instead of the ‘he said, she said’ back and forth, voters deserve a real plan that addresses our streets, our water infrastructure and how we grow jobs.”

The sales tax was rejected by 62 percent of voters last fall.

This story was originally published March 27, 2015 at 3:56 PM with the headline "Bill Warren challenges Sam Williams to sign affidavit on sales tax vote."