Nearly a year after failing to secure voter approval of a tax increase, Higgins Fire Protection District will try again. Higgins will seek to add $100 to annual property tax bills for the 90-square-mile area in south county via a May 7 special election — similar to the Measure B initiative that was placed on the June 5, 2012, Presidential Primary ballot. In June, Higgins narrowly missed passing the tax increase with 2,019 voters (61 percent) saying “Yes” and 1,284 voters (39 percent) saying “No,” according to the Nevada County Elections office. About half of the district’s registered voters participated, …