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2,425 Online Petition Signatures
3/31/08 8 AM
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SIGN the
ONLINE PETITION to help
us STOP SHELBY
COUNTY POLITICIANS FROM DIPPING INTO YOUR POCKET ONE MORE TIME. Shelby County has posted a
$14 million budget shortfall for 2009. Our
local politicians want to raise $28 million (2 times the budget shortfall)
by taxing the simple fact that you might like
to dine out ... or may even have to dine out every day as a hard
working citizen of Shelby County.
Read the latest updates and find out what others have to say. Voice your
own opinion as well
on our
BLOG
What sponsors and supporters of
this tax - Mike Carpenter, Steve Mulroy
and County Mayor A.C. Wharton would probably rather you
not know is that this tax will be used
to pay for $11.4 million in raises and benefits. $2,750,000
of that is to cover raises the county handed out last year !
View
the 2009 County Budget PDF
"That breaks down to about
$22 per person or about
$50 per family per year, according to
statistics from the National Restaurant Association, which estimates
the average person spends $1,078 a year eating
out while the average family spends
about $2,600." - Commercial Appeal
View Article
It's time to demand fiscal responsibility from
our duly elected political representatives as local property owners and
taxpayers. Just say
NO
to yet another
TAX
in Shelby County! IF THIS TAX IS APPROVED, IT
WILL BE BY AMENDMENT TO STATE LAW, THEREBY OPENING THE DOOR TO
FUTURE TAXES!
This tax will ultimately hurt the economy, businesses, jobs and
eventually reduce county revenue.
Enough Is Enough! NO TAX ON FOOD AND
BEVERAGES!
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