Not tired of political campaigns yet? The “Save Our Buses” campaign, trying to win a 0.3 point sales tax increase for Pierce Transit, is holding its kickoff event on November 22nd:
SAVE OUR BUSES CAMPAIGN KICKOFF
WHEN: Monday, November 22nd 6:30 – 8:00 pm
WHERE:The Hub Events Space, 203 Tacoma Ave S., Tacoma
RSVP: info@approveprop1.comWHAT HAPPENS IF PROPOSITION 1 FAILS?
1. All frequent bus service will be reduced from every 15 minute every to 30-45 minute making it incredibly difficult for working families to get to work reliably.
2. Weekend service will be drastically slashed with bus service every hour across most of the system; this will severely hinder transportation access for our elderly and low-income residents.
3. Service in many outlying areas of Pierce County will be eliminated as will shuttle service for disabled people, leaving thousands of residents stranded without any alternatives.
It’s a tough time to ask you to dig deep to support transit but a 35 percent service cut will be devastating to our community and its most vulnerable users.
If you can not attend the kick-off please considering making a secure online DONATION or mail a check to Save our Buses at PO Box 735, Tacoma WA 98401.
I often think a lot of tax and revenue rhetoric is inadequate to the task. In some sense, this is a tax increase in that the rate is going up. In another sense, though, the average citizen is putting far less into Pierce Transit than he did a couple of years ago, because he’s purchasing fewer taxable items. This measure more or less returns him to the $45 a year or so he was paying for Pierce Transit in the first place.
They really ought to pass a law so that each of these measures is not named “Prop. 1″. All kidding aside, this is a really important decision point for Pierce County and people interested in Pierce Transit should participate.
Maybe it’s time to start collecting sales taxes on internet based purchases. The WWW is not going away anytime soon and local stores are put at a disadvantage.