On December 13th you will be asked to vote yes on 4 to Fix the County. There are 4 packages.
Proposition 1: Various criminal Justice improvements.
Proposition 2: Several County Road and infrastructure improvements.
Proposition 3: Improvements to LaFortune Park.
Proposition 4: Fairground improvements.
On December 13th the question at hand will not be whether or not these projects are worthy, but whether or not we want to fund them with sales tax dollars. Before vision 2025 and 4 to Fix, Tulsa county did not levy a sales tax. Sales taxes, in Oklahoma, comprise the main source of revenue for cities and towns.
Due to increasing construction and higher property values, Tulsa County is enjoying increased revenue from property taxes. Meanwhile Tulsa is withering on the vine. Any sales tax that The County levies will only serve to limit the funding options of Tulsa, or any other city in Tulsa County for that matter.
Tulsa County, thank you for your work on 4 to Fix The County. We have accomplished some good things with this sales tax, but it is now time for the sun to set on 4 to Fix. If you want to fund these projects, find the money elsewhere. Citizens of Tulsa County, please join me at the polls on December 13th to vote no on 4 to Fix the County.
[update] I somehow forgot to include the other three propositions...sorry.
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2 comments:
That is actually incorrect, the county has also recently used sales taxes to fund the construction of the jail and to fund the construction of the Whirlpool plant.
You are correct. In 1994, 26 million dollars were raised, via a county tax, for Whirlpool. The next year, voters passed the same tax to build the jail. In my mind those taxes were the was the first vestiges for 4 to Fix. I think of them as 4 to Fix but technically they were not and I guess I should not refer to them as such.
Regardless, to the best of my knowledge before 1994 the county had never raised a sales tax.
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