Hillsborough County voters are being prodded on a daily basis by a myriad of interested parties to approve a penny sales tax increase to pay for rail, road work and expanded bus service. How nice, how very, very nice. We are supposed to approve the plan on November 2...a plan that, according a St. Pete Times article, is "still taking shape."
From the Tampa Bay section of the Times' October 17 edition: This November referendum is asking voters two questions.
1. Do we think it is time for rail?
2. Do we trust our "leaders to build it in a way that serves them well and at a reasonable price?
Personally, I love rail. The European system is superb. It is efficient and it makes travel between towns, cities, and countries convenient and affordable. I would like to see something like that in Florida, but to vote on a plan that hasn't even been finalized is just ludicrous. That brings me to item number two.
Emphatically NO! I do not trust our leaders to do much of anything. There are too many special interests involved in politics today. If I am not allowed to evaluate a plan, I will not vote for it. In other words, I will not vote for a pig in a poke.
The SOG City Oracle encourages a NO vote on the penny sales tax increase.
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