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CBFJC to Regroup After 1% Measure Voted Down
The special election on August 17th saw one ballot measure for Johnson County residents to decide whether or not to implement a seventh-penny special purpose sales tax to fund a number of facilities that are in need of upgrades or replacement, asking taxpayers for roughly $38 million, but it was defeated roughly 2 to 1 at the polls.
In a recent interview, Rick Myers CEO of JOCO First, and the spokesperson for the Citizens for Building the Future of Johnson County (CBFJC), the organization that brought the idea and the ballot measure before the voters, said the defeat of the ballot measure was due to a number of factors, including the project possibly being too ambitious, and the inability of getting all of the information out to voters.
He was asked if the idea of generating public funds for these projects is doomed, or if it can be revised and brought back in some form.
Myers said he believes the CBFJC and those who were opposed to the special tax can work together to find a solution for funding the renovations and/or replacement of these public facilities.
Myers said the election was an interesting process and those involved learned how to work together.
He talked about what he would do differently now that he has been through the process.
Myers said he hopes the conversation can keep going and move Buffalo forward.
Mark Steingass
August 26, 2021 at 9:12 am
people throw pennies away…I even find them on the ground here or there…one penny taxes are awesome…they get much accomplished in the public sector…good luck on this penny-wise!
Josiah gillan
August 27, 2021 at 8:33 am
Except it’s not pennies, it’s millions of dollars. The Boston tea party was smart enough to see. When you start a tax, it never ends. Look how much they take from everyone now. Trillions. The power to tax, is the power to destroy. They wanted the gas tax to pay for roads. Now they want it for “climate change”. It never ends at pennies.