Answer:
Our county is one of five counties in the state deciding whether or not to levy a meal tax on its citizens :)
Explanation:
and the first option addresses the fact that there is a proposed meal tax in the county by mentioning that along with the county in question there are other counties that are proposing the measure as well
the other options arent really directly addressing that they only speak of what the meal tax is and what it can do instead of whether it is being proposed or not
What the author meant by "having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once...but works on one of the beds at a time" would also mean that he is trying to master one virtue at a time, hence letter d.