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Today's Poll!Committee launches campaign for tax extension
Crews overlay the 900 block of West McCarty on Wednesday as part of the half-cent sales tax yearly expenditures. The city is asking voters to extend the sales tax once again. Photo by Julie Smith.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Want to help Jefferson City government raise $26 million over the next five years, to continue public works improvements it otherwise couldn’t afford?
“Citizens for Continued Progress,” a group promoting the extension of the city’s half-cent capital improvements sales tax for another five years, says all you have to do is vote “yes” on Aug. 2.
With city voters’ approval, the half-cent tax began in 1987, and voters have renewed it four times since.
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JCLifer 1 year, 10 months ago
What is going to really hurt the renewal effort this time is all the wasteful projects the city has been blowing the tax dollars on, such as the mud tunnel, conference center, parks expansion, new vehicles replaced every year, SUVs for the police dept, etc.
I would love to support a one-cent tax tax for the city if they would use the money sensibly to maintain and improve infrastructure, and basic services. However, with the recent history of waste and neglect of basic services and infrastructure to waste the money on other foo-foo projects, I am not certain I can vote for contiuing the existing half-cent tax.
JCLifer 1 year, 10 months ago
Happy to see the road next to the JC Football Stadium getting its yearly repaving. That road must be kept smooth as glass for the World's Best Football Team.
JMO 1 year, 10 months ago
Ha! My 16 year old son asked the question of why they were redoing that street just this week - and he goes to JC! Apparently they are putting in parking spots on the other side now too, likely to keep people off the grass, but that doesn't explain the resufacing. It may be heavily traveled, but it was also done more recently than a lot of streets in this town. I drive it all the time and I didn't see the need for it. As my son said: "Anything for football in this town."
gofish 1 year, 10 months ago
1/2 cent for good roads, great idea. Adding more taxes to the already exhorberant real and property taxes from our substandard schools, not so much. I agree with the 1/2 cent, but also would like to see transparency of how the funds are expended.
JCLifer 1 year, 10 months ago
Not for round-a-bouts either!
JCsleeper 1 year, 10 months ago
Should have resurfaced Stadium between Mytrle and Jefferson. Lots of other streets in terrible shape, too. Be easier to name the streets that DON'T need resurfacing. Still want that 'ambulance' tax returned that they kept to buy land for an replacement fire station. Quit wasting money on those stupid roundabouts. Did not need those by Menards. Code endforcement needs to check out the weed height in the centers of the roundabouts at east Wal-Mart, Lafayette-Stadium. If we let our yards go like that they'd be putting warning signs in our yards. Ta-h-o-e-s lokk goofy with the dinky little wheels. Quit wasting our money on consultants and studies.
JCLifer 1 year, 10 months ago
Weeds at Ryan's Steakhouse are very tall too.
Where is Code Enforcement in this town?
Need curbing/gutters and sidewalks on Ellis Blvd.
Dunklin Street is so rough between Clark and Jackson it nearly knocks your teeth out. This would not be tolerated if it were on the West side.
Bald Hill Road is crumbling badly and very rough from Clark to Seven Hills.
Stadium between Monroe and Helias is also very rough and crumbling. CIty Hall must not like the catholics.
These city streets are TERRIBLE.
New Police SUVs are nice, and all the new Community Development trucks are nice. Nice paving and sidewalks and landscaping down by City Hall too.
JCLifer 1 year, 10 months ago
West Edgewood road is very rough too. Developer really put the screws to city hall over that deal.
PAVE THESE ROADS!!! QUIT WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS ON ALL THE OTHER BS.
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