OH: Riders Pushing Reluctant Cleveland RTA Board Toward Last-minute Tax Bid

    July 30, 2018
    After months of talk about taxes, board members of the financially strapped Regional Transit Authority voted last Tuesday for the staff to draft property and sales tax proposals for the November 6 ballot. The two alternatives will be discussed at a specia

    Source Cleveland.com

    After months of talk about taxes, board members of the financially strapped Regional Transit Authority voted last Tuesday for the staff to draft property and sales tax proposals for the November 6 ballot.

    Some RTA trustees and other local leaders question whether there's enough time to raise campaign money, justify the tax's need and specify its uses.

    They also worry about opposition planned by Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax group founded by tycoons Charles and David Koch ...

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