Tax supporters meet
Mar 27, 2008 News Jump to Comments
With one group already formed and actively campaigning against the proposed transfer tax, a new group in support of the bonds was scheduled to hold an organizational meeting Wednesday evening.
Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton is one of the organizers of the group, tentatively called Citizens for Schools and Parks.
Once formed, the organization must register with the county Board of Elections to actively campaign for the passage of the referendum.
Citizens for a Better Orange County, which is trying to defeat the tax proposal, filed papers with the county February 22 and has already sent out a mailing to Orange County voters.
State election rules require that the county engage only in voter education about the referendum and prevent the county government from directly advocating for its passage.
I hope a lot of anti-tax people turn out and vote this down. No one is talking about the county reducing unnecessary spending as a way to meet its budget. As far as I know this option has never been discussed. For the average person, when costs go up for something necessary they have to cut their personal budget somewhere else to balance it(witness recent fuel price increases and resultant decrease in driving). Why can’t the county do this? An example is the exhorbitant cost of new schools, among the highest in the state. Cut the bling and the tax won’t be necessary. Geez!