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PETERSON TAX INCREASE IN JEOPARDY

This will be short and to the point. I am predicting the Mayor’s proposed public safety tax will not pass when it comes up for a vote on Monday. There are at least two previous “yes” votes that are now in the “no” column. The dissention in the ranks is growing. It’s unclear whether the apprehension is coming from an angry public or the Councilors see the Mayor as politically vulnerable and have no desire to take the hit. This could change as the week goes by, but as of today, the votes are not there to pass a tax increase. Stay tuned.

Posted: 07|17|07 at 5:08 pm by Abdul Hakim-Shabazz
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  • Ad valorem

    Who is wavering?

  • Bumpy Johnson

    Sounds as if the rats are starting to get off a sinking ship.
    Politcally, Peterson is now in a damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t with regard to his tax increase. The CCC has the best out politically by voting against it. Remember, this tax hike is going to do little if anything to provide resources needed to combat crime. It will allow funds to increase the new police contract and nip at the pension mess but won’t put more boots on the ground.
    So the Mayor’s war on crime as Campbell mentioned is just another take similar to the war on terror. Sorry Mr.Campbell you’ll neeed to sell something else.
    I don’t believe that the Mayor can save himself politically but the council members can, to some degree. If they vote no then the sweats coming off Bart’s butt and not their’s
    I’ll go with your take Abdul, the Mayor’s tax increase won’t pass. It’s pretty basic politics when you think about it.
    If I were on the CCC right now I wouldn’t think twice about voting no, unless of course I owed “something” to the Mayor.
    By golly, even Keller might have little better chance at reelection with a no vote but I can’t see voting no. He’s got some IOU’s out there.
    We’ll see.

  • http://www.procynic.blogspot.com Pro Cynic

    I don’t see how the Mayor can be seen as politically vulnerable. He could have been, but I don’t know that the Marion County GOP has fielded a viable candidate or is properly funding him. An incumbent with a 29% approval rating but $2 million in the bank can easily beat the best candidate in the world with no money.

  • Melyssa Donaghy

    How does the pressure feel, Mr. Mayor?

  • Bumby Johnson

    Pro Cynic, please tell Larry Borst and Bob Garton about low approval ratings and tons of money in the bank. This country is littered with the bodies of incumbents that had the same mindset as you proposed.

  • Pike Voter

    The mayor said he was going to spend 30 milion from the new COIT to help reduce the property tax problem. That would be 30 million PLUS the 90 million for next year.

    Why was this 30 million never mentioned in previuos announcements. What was the mayor going it for instead of property tax relief he mentioned on Monday ?

  • Bumpy Johnson

    Pike Voter, my guess is that the Mayor still has deals with downtown developers on the table. For some reason, the $5 billion spent on downtown gentrifiction handouts has been left out of this property tax increase discussion.

    Peterson didn’t end up with $3.5 million in campaign contributions because he couldn’t “deliver the cash” for developers and an assortment of law firms etc.

    Maybe the City can unload some high rent property it owns and maybe the money from the CIB could go for some tax relief.

    $30 million out of nowhere? Slush money for developers.

  • Anonymous

    It was reported today on the 6:00 news on Channel 8, the City Market has run out of money and has to borrow money to finish the renovation. They already had a $500,000.00 cost overrun.

    I wonder who did the math for this construction project?

  • Wilson46201

    The Executive Director of the City Market has already been fired for this.

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