Another Political Con Job: Florida’s “greenlight Pinellas”

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[Siete]

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The Greenlight Pinellas Plan is another classic example of a well-funded tax scam to increase taxes on Florida’s Citizens. It is being sold as a way to improve Pinellas County's bus service and construct a “future passenger rail that will significantly enhance public transportation in Pinellas County. If the proposed 1% sales tax referendum passes in November 2014, PSTA would implement the Greenlight Pinellas Plan.” The plan also asserts an “Elimination of PSTA’s nearly 3/4 mill property tax when the potential sales tax takes effect January 1, 2016.”

The facts are, Greenlight Pinellas is a plan to gouge Florida’s residents with a new tax on their purchases, and punish Florida residents who own cars and use them for transportation. Add up the 1% sales tax a Florida resident will pay a year as compared to what they now pay and Greenlight Pinellas turns out to be a massive tax increase placed upon Florida’s productive citizens while the benefits will go to the least productive while Politicians in Florida will use the plan for another money laundering operation to transfer tax revenue to their friends through sweetheart deals when the increased tax revenue is spent.

The plan is similar to Obama’s “green energy” money laundering operation in which $ Billions of tax dollars were channeled to Obama’s political donors under the guise of “green energy”. See 80% of Obama green jobs money goes to Obama donors.

JWK


"To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen [a working person’s earned wage] and with the other to bestow upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes [Obama’s Solyndra, Chevy Volt, Fisker, Exelon swindling deals] is none the less a robbery because it is done under forms of law and called taxation."____ Savings and Loan Assc. v. Topeka,(1875).

When I lived in Pinellas , a long time ago, its sales tax was already higher than Hillsborough county, so now its going even higher?

That is correct. According to my parents who live in Hernando County, Pinellas residents have had it with the crime and taxes. They are leaving.
Once a relatively safe city, St Petersburg is about to surpass Tampa in crime statistics.
St Pete has a very serious gang problem.

time for the locals to feed the sharks ..

 

[Care4all]

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The Greenlight Pinellas Plan is another classic example of a well-funded tax scam to increase taxes on Florida’s Citizens. It is being sold as a way to improve Pinellas County's bus service and construct a “future passenger rail that will significantly enhance public transportation in Pinellas County. If the proposed 1% sales tax referendum passes in November 2014, PSTA would implement the Greenlight Pinellas Plan.” The plan also asserts an “Elimination of PSTA’s nearly 3/4 mill property tax when the potential sales tax takes effect January 1, 2016.”

The facts are, Greenlight Pinellas is a plan to gouge Florida’s residents with a new tax on their purchases, and punish Florida residents who own cars and use them for transportation. Add up the 1% sales tax a Florida resident will pay a year as compared to what they now pay and Greenlight Pinellas turns out to be a massive tax increase placed upon Florida’s productive citizens while the benefits will go to the least productive while Politicians in Florida will use the plan for another money laundering operation to transfer tax revenue to their friends through sweetheart deals when the increased tax revenue is spent.

The plan is similar to Obama’s “green energy” money laundering operation in which $ Billions of tax dollars were channeled to Obama’s political donors under the guise of “green energy”. See 80% of Obama green jobs money goes to Obama donors.

JWK


"To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen [a working person’s earned wage] and with the other to bestow upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes [Obama’s Solyndra, Chevy Volt, Fisker, Exelon swindling deals] is none the less a robbery because it is done under forms of law and called taxation."____ Savings and Loan Assc. v. Topeka,(1875).

When I lived in Pinellas , a long time ago, its sales tax was already higher than Hillsborough county, so now its going even higher?

That is correct. According to my parents who live in Hernando County, Pinellas residents have had it with the crime and taxes. They are leaving.
Once a relatively safe city, St Petersburg is about to surpass Tampa in crime statistics.
St Pete has a very serious gang problem.

I lived in St. Pete for a little while in a condo right across a side street from Tyrone square mall, and worked right across the street in the Dillard's Corporate Buying office....and was never afraid of crime or gangs.....of course this was decades ago....when Dillard's Dept Stores first came in to the State. However there were several areas of St Pete that were crime ridden, even then. Yes, my boss lived in Clearwater, in a lovely, near completely crime free neighborhood....sorry to hear it is now a place for crime as well....

 

[Care4all]

LOL. I use the Portland, Oregon, light rail system twice a week to go downtown to the university. No way I want to drive downtown and fight for parking. Love the lightrail.

I support mass transit. Self supporting mass transit. Operated efficiently, without the typical political patronage jobs and over paid hacks, cost over runs and murderous taxation on auto owners, mass transit is a good idea.
Unfortunately all of the above together with the subsidies funded by non users as a means to punish those who dare not accept the govco captive market are examples as to why mass transit is a taxpayer ripoff.
For example, some of the highest gas prices in the nation are found in the 11 county NY metro area served by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Divers in these counties are taxed at a much higher rate AND are charged a higher price to register their vehicles. The additional money is transferred to the MTA to subsidies fares and pay salaries and benefits of workers. Most MTA management are political appointees who got their jobs because of who they know.
Also portions of the tolls collected by the Port Authority of NY/NJ and the Triboro Bridge and Tunnel authority are siphoned off to subsidize fares on the trains.
NYC and suburban drivers get to sit in traffic to pay the highest bridge and tunnel tolls in the nation so train riders can catch a break on the fares.
This is one of the reasons why I left Northern NJ.

Why don;t privte businesses develop metro transit on their own, with just permits from the gvt? Is it NOT profitable? Does it take eminent domain and do people lose their homes?

 

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We used to go to the Beach right near there, on the other side of the Bridge near John's Pass...only the Treasure island side...great shell hunting .....and a bar and restaurant right near by where we could get chicken wings and ice cold beer!....Can't remember the name of the restaurant at the time, it was right across the waterway from John's pass...I think it might have been called Gators....maybe it was called that....? It's been so long.... we could walk to it from our condo, and walk to the beach...but we usually drove to the beach because we didn't like crossing Gulf Blvd on foot, with our beach chairs and beach towels in tow!

Man, we had a lot of good, warm times there! ...

Yes, Gators is down by John's Pass. Captain Kosmakos Bar & Grill closed down a couple of years ago. The Pub up by Indian Rocks, where you can dock you boat, is still doing great! Unfortunately, the Wine Cellar has closed down.

JWK

JD's Indian Rocks Bch, FL is my place! Great food, feed the birds listen to the bands.... Breakfast even better! Was over there on 9/14/14 and place closed for vacation! So while in Texas looking forward to getting back there!
Also found Seabreeze Island Grill Redington Shores, FL great food and again greater views at Sunset!

 

[bripat9643]

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The Greenlight Pinellas Plan is another classic example of a well-funded tax scam to increase taxes on Florida’s Citizens. It is being sold as a way to improve Pinellas County's bus service and construct a “future passenger rail that will significantly enhance public transportation in Pinellas County. If the proposed 1% sales tax referendum passes in November 2014, PSTA would implement the Greenlight Pinellas Plan.” The plan also asserts an “Elimination of PSTA’s nearly 3/4 mill property tax when the potential sales tax takes effect January 1, 2016.”

The facts are, Greenlight Pinellas is a plan to gouge Florida’s residents with a new tax on their purchases, and punish Florida residents who own cars and use them for transportation. Add up the 1% sales tax a Florida resident will pay a year as compared to what they now pay and Greenlight Pinellas turns out to be a massive tax increase placed upon Florida’s productive citizens while the benefits will go to the least productive while Politicians in Florida will use the plan for another money laundering operation to transfer tax revenue to their friends through sweetheart deals when the increased tax revenue is spent.

The plan is similar to Obama’s “green energy” money laundering operation in which $ Billions of tax dollars were channeled to Obama’s political donors under the guise of “green energy”. See 80% of Obama green jobs money goes to Obama donors.

JWK


"To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen [a working person’s earned wage] and with the other to bestow upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes [Obama’s Solyndra, Chevy Volt, Fisker, Exelon swindling deals] is none the less a robbery because it is done under forms of law and called taxation."____ Savings and Loan Assc. v. Topeka,(1875).

Portland is one of the highest taxed cities in the entire country.

 

[bripat9643]

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The Greenlight Pinellas Plan is another classic example of a well-funded tax scam to increase taxes on Florida’s Citizens. It is being sold as a way to improve Pinellas County's bus service and construct a “future passenger rail that will significantly enhance public transportation in Pinellas County. If the proposed 1% sales tax referendum passes in November 2014, PSTA would implement the Greenlight Pinellas Plan.” The plan also asserts an “Elimination of PSTA’s nearly 3/4 mill property tax when the potential sales tax takes effect January 1, 2016.”

The facts are, Greenlight Pinellas is a plan to gouge Florida’s residents with a new tax on their purchases, and punish Florida residents who own cars and use them for transportation. Add up the 1% sales tax a Florida resident will pay a year as compared to what they now pay and Greenlight Pinellas turns out to be a massive tax increase placed upon Florida’s productive citizens while the benefits will go to the least productive while Politicians in Florida will use the plan for another money laundering operation to transfer tax revenue to their friends through sweetheart deals when the increased tax revenue is spent.

The plan is similar to Obama’s “green energy” money laundering operation in which $ Billions of tax dollars were channeled to Obama’s political donors under the guise of “green energy”. See 80% of Obama green jobs money goes to Obama donors.

JWK


"To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen [a working person’s earned wage] and with the other to bestow upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes [Obama’s Solyndra, Chevy Volt, Fisker, Exelon swindling deals] is none the less a robbery because it is done under forms of law and called taxation."____ Savings and Loan Assc. v. Topeka,(1875).

Portland is one of the highest taxed cities in the entire country.