Yep. More.
Check out the Uptown paper of record’s shining example of a duped petition signer, retired CMPD officer Madison Hunter.
Hunter claims that he was told “a bold-face lie” when he signed the petition.
The lie? That, if successful, the petition would reduce the sales tax. OK, still waiting for the lie part. Hunter says he “glanced” at the petition. OK, then how did he miss the big TRANSIT TAX REPEAL at the top?
Hunter said he wants to remove his signature from the petition because he supports light rail. This means he missed the Stopthetrain.com address at the bottom of the page he signed.
Further, the Observer needs to get its story/stories straight. Last week we were told that the repeal effort was anti-mass transit, that the enitre CATS bus system was at risk via repeal. Never mind the repeal is being led by Stopthetrain.com.
Now we are being told that fans of light rail are signing the petition, which is taken as evidence that they are being misled. Stopthetrain.com, therefore, has proven to be a remarkably confusing name for a transit tax repeal effort.
Myabe they should’ve tried something clearer like Alliance for a Better Charlotte or Foundation for the Carolinas.
And speaking of names, just as with the skewed Chamber of Commerce survey, guess what name is missing from today’s transit tax repeal coverage: CATS.
Let’s put Madison Hunter on the case.
Bonus observation: And it was front page news that the petition effort has professional help? I really thought that was obvious; I know it was not a secret and had been reported elsewhere. And this now marks the third straight transit repeal story not written by Richard Rubin. Odd.