This Should Be Supported (Putting Repeal of Hamilton County Sales Tax Increase on the Ballot)
I haven’t said anything yet about the sales tax increase in Hamilton County “for jail space.”
A similar sales tax effort was voted down last year, but in late May two of Hamco’s three commissioners voted one in anyway. The amount of money the sales tax will raise is about four times what is needed for jail space, but I am aware of no plans for offsetting tax relief.
COAST, (finally) doing what it’s supposed to do after almost two years in the wilderness of petty catfighting, is opposing the tax and supporting the repeal effort, as is lone dissenting commissioner Pat DeWine.
Their web site is WeDemandaVote.com. They have a vid up here. If you live in Hamco, be on the lookout for ballot petition signature-gatherers.
Even if you think the tax is a good idea, you should sign. After all, the voters rejected this tax already, and it should be up to the tax-happy commissioners to make their case to the voters as to why they (the voters) should somehow change their minds.
Amen on the COAST comment. I sure hope they come home to the conservative cause, and stop with the careerism garbage.
Comment by Nasty, Brutish & Short — June 21, 2007 @ 9:48 am