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Originally posted by Hoss
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Originally posted by brianh
I lifted this from the ballot and am putting in bold the issues I see with it:
"the tax are to be used to
make capital improvements to and paying
the costs and expenses of operation
and maintenance relating to the repair,
construction, and reconstruction of
streets, bridges, and related infrastructure
of the City and making other capital
improvements of the City of Tulsa"
So Just to be clear this isn't a street tax. It is a tax for all sorts of things, this is just like all the other earmark bills in congress. And why don't we just return our gas/tag taxes to funding the streets like they were supposed to be doing in the first place? There is no way I can vote for this.
Unbelievable.
People ***** and moan when a River tax is proposed by yelling 'fix our streets first!' and then when a streets proposal is put on the table, one that actually looks reasonable, people find a reason, because it has two forms of tax involved, to shoot it down and decide they are not going to vote for it.
What did you expect, people? For the city to give it to us gratis?
Did you ever stop to the think that the wording 'other capital improvements and infrastructure' relates to things that would need to be done in order to fix the streets?
I find the hypocrisy that riddles this town incredible.
My dad used to tell me money doesn't grow on trees. I hate taxes just as much as the next guy, but in this case, we won't see an increase in our sales tax, and you'll $65 dollars on $100k of property value assessed. Just a little over $5 a month.
I'd say it's worth it, especially on a 5 year plan that appears, to me anyway after the discussion at City Hall about it, to have some accountability and the option to revisit it down the line to see if it's working.
It's not like the people didn't have a bit of a say in this one.
But, do you not see 'other capital improvements' in the language? To the city, that means anything that costs $100,000 or more. ANYTHING that costs $100,000 or more. It does not have to be streets.