Well it has begun! In response to a visiting civil rights leaders call for black citizens to vote against the renewal of the .75% income tax the Mayor has begun his fear mongering. Scare voters into believing that without the tax - fires will rage, criminals will rein, and garbage will choke the streets alleys and driveways of Toledo. The Blade Article outlines the Mayors comments on the recent call for a no vote to the tax renewal.
Please. The Mayor knows that the best way to insure the voters of Toledo will renew the tax is to scare them into it. Notice he does not claim that without the tax he may have to
1) Reduce the size of his staff.
2) Stop purchasing real estate in the failed Southwick Mall
3) Disband his fleet of ambulances and turn the service back over to private business
4) Trim the budget of entitlements and pet project give aways like lights for the trees downtown, or flowers, or Toledo Pride signs displaying his name.
There are lots of ways the City could and should reduce its spending and leave police fire and garbage alone.
But instead, right out of the political handbook - he spreads fear and insults anyone who dare challenge his control over the purse strings.
Vote no. Make the City trim the fat -- perhaps starting with his Honor.
The A-Hole
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Let the fear Mongering Begin
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2 comments:
You have to give the mayor credit for the way he chooses to respond to a call for justice and fiscal repsonsibility. He states that a person does not have the right of free speech about the city unless he lives in it, and he uses the tactics of a protection racket to encourage voters to pass a tax.
It may not be constitutional, it may border on illegality; but at least it is consistent.
This is great info to know.
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