Tt post mar 16 2016

I am surprised that issue 2 failed.

From today's Blade story that contains the mayor's silly quote that justread alluded to:

Mayor Hicks-Hudson was unsure why the majority of voters were against the tax.

“I don’t know if they did not hear the message or we did not get the message out good enough,” she said.

And also from the story:

Mayor Hicks-Hudson previously said the city would seek the status quo tax if it failed. She was not certain Tuesday night.

The mayor is already backtracking. Maybe that's one reason why issue 2 was defeated: Toledo politicians are untrustworthy.

The mayor had also previously said that the city would not seek an increase in the temp tax on the March ballot.

December 2015 Blade story

The mayor’s administration wants Toledo voters to again approve the city’s temporary 0.75 percent income tax, but without an increase that was briefly contemplated to help pay for more street repaving.

Toledo City Council on Tuesday reviewed Mayor Paula Hicks-Hudson’s request to put the tax question on the March ballot.

One Toledo politician had another likely reason why voters rejected issue 2. More from today's Blade story:

Councilman Tom Waniewski said the city did not show accountability or value.

“It’s easy for politicians to say ‘we are out of money’ and say ‘let’s go to the taxpayers to get more,’” Mr. Waniewski said. “I came out asking for a pay freeze. We have given too many pay raises in the last two years and we didn’t show accountability and we didn’t show value.”

The Blade story also contains fear-mongering if the original .75 temp income tax fails to pass this November.