Kent voters delivered a resounding rejection to higher utility taxes for more police officers and higher property taxes to help maintain fire services. Voters were rejecting each ballot measure by a 58 to 41 percent margin, according to King County Elections results released Tuesday night. “I am committed to making this work,” Kent Mayor Dana Ralph said to Proposition A police measure supporters who gathered on election night downtown at Airways Brewing – The Bistro. “We will make this happen. We are going to go back out (to voters) – that’s my promise – it’s the only way we can fix the problem we have. “There were a few things that were working against us in this election. We have some issues going on in our school district and the McCleary decision on property taxes – that all played against us. I don’t know what we could have done differently.”