Put it on the ballot
In case anybody’s wondering, I’ve signed the petition to put the Convention Center Sales Tax on the ballot. And I’ve got a couple of petitions to circulate, which I’m doing — slowly up to now, but I fully intend to contribute at least a couple hundred signatures.
Why? Well, because of this. And this. And this, too. But mostly because I can think of so many more productive ways to spend invest a billion new tax dollars in this community.
If you agree, get your petitions here.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Thanks Bill for putting this all together for us. I appreciate your help.
August 12th, 2007 at 4:21 am
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