I just now caught up with this Yes!Weekly editorial endorsing Guilford County’s proposed quarter-cent sales tax hike.
The editorial has an interesting suggestion:
What should happen is that tax increases be paired on the ballot with bonds, so that voters can make the connection between borrowing and paying back — but that’s probably not going to happen.
Good idea, except that’s exactly what happened during the May 2008 primary, when the sales tax hike first appeared on the ballot along with more than $500 million in bonds. Voters rejected the sales tax increase, but approved the bonds.
This is why we constantly urge citizens to vote ‘no’ on bonds referendums.
