From:
Eye
On Tampa Bay
Posted by: Sharon Calvert
The gaslighting on Hillsborough County's transportation issue
continues with Hillsborough County commission Chair Pat Kemp. She publicly
stated "there is no money" to fund transportation in Hillsborough
County.
That is gaslighting rhetoric and NOT true. We're left wondering
whether Kemp understands the County's budget, understands basic math or just
prefers throwing tax dollars out the window.
Challenged about her statement, Kemp scurried
away and refused to engage.
Kemp is a transit activist, a Sierra Club (who want to FORCE
people out of their cars) activist and part of the anti-car brigade who want to
tear down 10 miles of I-275 from downtown to Bearss Ave. Kemp spoke at Cafe Con
Tampa last Friday.
The video of Kemp speaking at Cafe Con Tampa can be found on
their FaceBook page here or click the
videos on the FB page. Go to about 4:50 in her speech where Kemp begins
speaking about the illegal All For Transportation Transit rail
tax. Speakers at Cafe Con Tampa only speak about 15-20 minutes but Cafe Con
Tampa cuts out from their video the entire Q & A with the speaker which is
the vast majority of their meeting. Hmmm.....
Kemp is a lawyer who should know Florida law and was forewarned
in 2018 about AFT's numerous legal issues. But she frames the unlawful AFT rail
tax she supported as 57% voted for the illegal tax but it was that Florida
Supreme Court who threw it out. Kemp failed to mention the lower court judge,
Rex Barbas, threw out almost everything in the referendum except the rail tax
itself. Barbas's lower court ruling stated voters just voted for $16B tax hike
and they did not care where those dollars would be spent. His ruling was so
illogical because that scenario has never occurred before EVER. No one should
be surprised why the entire tax was thrown out as unlawful but somehow Kemp, a
lawyer, was surprised.
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