Why not let the people decide on transit tax?

In Our Opinion

 

Last updated 4/21/2016 at 9:06am



There are many questions to be answered and factors to be considered when it comes to voting for a proposed 2/10ths of 1 percent sales tax increase to help fund Spokane Transit Authority projects and operations.

For starters, if one does some simple math, STA serves just 5 percent of the county’s population. Why should the other 95 percent subsidize mass transit usage by a small number of people?

One answer might be that if there was an efficient, well-funded transit system in place, more people might use it, thereby taking vehicles off our well-worn roads. Another answer is businesses lo...



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