Light-up McIntosh December 15
Light-up McIntosh will begin at the Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. The event will host Santa Clause and an area choir from six local churches will sing.
10.06.06 -- Editor's Note: Understanding the Amendments on Election Day
Monday, November 06, 2006
Someone sent me a link to a site called Vote Smart Florida that is a non-partisan website that breaks down the amendments that you'll see on the ballot tomorrow.
I hear a number of people say the amendments are the most confusing point about tomorrow's elections. I'd be interested in hearing what y'all think, questions, thoughts, etc.
Also, the following is the recap I wrote from last month's meeting when Marion County engineers explained the benefits to McIntosh of the tax increase for roads in Marion County. Straight up, the county would have a way of funding roads and McIntosh would see $600,000 - $800,000.
The down side is sales tax in Marion County goes up. The up side of part of that is that tourism catches a portion.
From Oct. 15 entry of the McIntosh Mirror:
Engineers from Marion County also presented the One Cent Sale Tax Referendum that will be on the ballot come Election day next month. If passed, the initiative could bring $600,000 - $800,000 to McIntosh for road improvement over the next 7 years and raise $398 million for Marion County road improvement.
The iniative would increase sales taxes in Marion County by one penny from January 2007 through December 2013. The income generated is earmarked for road improvement throughout the county. None the roads in the current county plan are near McIntosh but the town would still benefit by receiving money earmarked for road improvements.
If passed, county engineers said that McIntosh should see $30,000 - $50,000 payments for the first few years of the program and then payments closer to $100,000 per year.
posted by Cher @ 10:48 AM,
1 Comments:
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At November 06, 2006 11:11 AM ,
Cher said...
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I was thinking that with $600,000 - $800,000 going to McIntosh for road improvement over the next 7 years, should the county tax pass, maybe the town could save that money and make some of the road improvements to the 441 strip that were suggested during the CRA days without the lingering threat of eminent domain and the other points people found so unappealing about declaring the corridor blighted.
Just a thought.
Editor
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I'm Cher From McIntosh, FL I'm a graduate student at the University of Florida working on a master's degree in Mass Communication. While I was finishing my undergrad degree in journalism last year, I reported on McIntosh, Fla. for an in-depth reporting class. I figured that the reporting and the public record files should go somewhere people can access them. Reporters don't report to keep the information they find to themselves. Some of that reporting is included here in a forum that allows response. McIntosh suffers because with no news coverage, the local government and the rumor mill have too much potential to run rampant over residents. I moved to McIntosh in the fall of 1999. My profile
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