Jefferson City Fire Department sales tax fails

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Proposition 2, the proposal for a dedicated sales tax for the Jefferson City Fire Department, fell short at the polls Tuesday with 57.61 percent of voters rejecting the tax.

More than 5,100 people voted against the tax proposal, while 42.39 percent, or 3,816 votes, were in favor.

Bryan Pope, 3rd Ward councilman and co-chairman of the Citizens for a Safer Community Committee, said the voters made it clear they want the city to deliver essential services from the general revenue budget and not through an added tax.

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herekitty 9 months, 2 weeks ago

How quickly the Fools of J C forgot 9/11. And how all of those Firefighters gave thier lives trying to save lives. The people of J C need to trades places with a fire fighter for a month.

attilla 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Herekitty - This election was about the city council for years NOT funding the fire department properly, instead channelling money to CVB. A job of he city council is to protect the citizens of the city, instead want a convention center. They wanted the tax passed to move more out of general revenue to support more special projects. The solution to a problem is NOT more taxes, its properly using the tax money, which the City Council has NOT done for years.

PatsyDecline 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Listen HereKitty....best you dial back your inane rhetoric before you remove all doubt.

Invoking 911 is not only completely inappropriate, it is not even wrong.

Go take a walk and count your blessings.

hudson 9 months, 2 weeks ago

I have never seen a help wanted sign at a fire station !There is never a shortage of people wanting that job !

JC88 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Really? If this is about the city council not properly funding the fire department, wouldn't it be appropriate to establish a direct and dedicated funding mechanism? To PROTECT first responders from budget shenanigans of politicians? If politicians are mis managing to this degree, shouldn't the no votes be directed at them?

The people of JCMO have been rejecting bond issues and sales tax proposals for decades....notorious for that in fact and the town and the schools have suffered from it. Let's not act like this was some sort of punitive voter action...this is another case more of the same.

Also, WRT a convention center, how many state capitals DONT have a convention center? It's a pretty small list folks. They get used - and drive dollars into those cities from the outside. It's not like its a silly idea that has never worked anywhere. Sometimes regions need to make some investments to grow economies....and the ones tha don't get left behind. Jefferson City Missouri is getting left behind folks.

rodinman 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Per the Orlando, FL newspaper the county convention center needs an annual subusidy of about $10 million. We sure can't afford that expense. Jc is one of ten state capitals without a convention center joiing those in DE, MD, MT, NH, NJ, SD, VT, WA, and WY.

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