Seven in 10 Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly oppose Gov. Ed Rendell's proposal to allow counties to levy another 1 percent sales tax as well as his plan to consolidate the state's school districts, according to a Tribune-Review poll released Thursday.

The responders rejected by a 71 percent to 26 percent margin Rendell's suggestion to give 65 counties an add-on to the state's 6 percent sales tax. Three percent of those polled didn't know.

Allegheny County and Philadelphia, which charge a percentage point, would not get to levy more.

The poll by Franklin & Marshall College surveyed 644 adults between Feb. 17 and Sunday. It has a margin of error of 3.9 percentage points.

By a 70 percent to 21 percent margin, with 9 percent unsure, residents said they oppose Rendell's idea to consolidate 500 school districts into 100 as a way to reduce costs.