None of this if-or-but crap.
There is only one reason to vote to ask the General Assembly to give Mecklenburg the option of doubling its transit tax — you think the transit tax needs doubling. The Charlotte city council is already on record — despite the attempt to “delay” taking a stance. Voters know who wants to raise their taxes. Now it is the county commission’s turn.
I think they too will want to “delay” but the problem is they head to Raleigh to meet with the state delegation this week. Decisions, decisions.
Yes or no. One side, no new taxes — the other side “tools,” “options,” and “opportunities.”
Bonus Observation: I repeat my $100 bet: I say that if MeckCo gets the authority to put an additional half-cent for transit on the ballot, it absolutely, positively will go on the ballot at some future date. Thus far, no one willing to dispute that.
