This plan as written is not All for Transportation. It should be called All for Transit.
Tampa, Fl
From: Eye On Tampa Bay
Posted by: Sharon Calvert
From: Eye On Tampa Bay
Posted by: Sharon Calvert
Pending some unforeseen disaster with the required OPPAGA
audit, All for Transportation's County Charter Amendment in Hillsborough County
raising the sales tax to 8 percent for 30 years, raising an estimated $15
billion, will be on the November ballot. They are starting their campaign to
misinform voters. The Tampa Bay Times is right there with them in the campaign
of deceit.
"It provides the people of Hillsborough County an
historic opportunity to begin the long overdue work of funding a transportation
system that save people's time, people's money, people's lives" Hudson
said. "Whether you live in Carrollwood, Sun City Center or right here in
East Tampa, there is something in the All for Transportation plan for you.
Well, not really.
Many people reported to us they were approached by
"volunteers" to sign the petitions stating it will fix our roads.
What they said:
We were told by All for Transportation's leader Tyler Hudson
it was a grass roots initiative.
All for Transportation leader Tyler Hudson said his group
will have hundreds of volunteers out with petitions. He did not rule out hiring
a petition-gathering firm.
"It’s going to be a grass-roots, volunteer driven
effort," Hudson said. "We believe this is such an acute crisis that
the response will be positive in all corners of the county."
What they did:
After raising $750,000 from 5 donors well connected to
downtown development efforts, the grass roots effort was inoperative.
The group paid at least $525,000 to Revolution Field
Strategies, a professional petition gathering firm to meet that target.
What they said:
"Whether you live in Carrollwood, Sun City Center or
right here in East Tampa, there is something in the All for Transportation plan
for you."
What is actually in the Amendent? Don't you want to find out
whats in it for you?
First of all, there is no plan or defined projects that will
fix roads or transit. And certainly no mention of Carrollwood, Sun City Center,
or East Tampa.
It does specify the percentage breakdown of the tax revenue
to be spent and micromanaged in several road and transit categories. There have
been some media reports that All for Transportation is based on the
Hillsborough MPO 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), but there is no
mention of that in the Amendment.