Florida: Campaign Pushing to 'Greenlight' Pinellas Mass Transit Tax

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1. We desperately need real public transit in Pinellas and Fl in general.

But why must we alway go after the money by flat tax means? Isn't there a way to get the money by asking those who make the most and will probably benefit the most from a transit project over 10yrs, than people who don't have much money to begin with?

I'm not so sure this will pass. If we got a living min wage, people would be happy about this. However, when $8.00/ hr is still a lucky job to be had in the area, it's hard to say, "go ahead, tax me more money, splurge on another long term construction nightmare..." While knowing the prices will be under bid, and over budget will happen shortly after approval and the 1 cent tax becomes a property tax expenditure in the future.

I'm still fuming about Rick Scott turning down the federal stimulus to build the fast train and the transit around town to connect. That was money that we didn't have to feel directly, yet would have created many, many jobs.