Letter: Why local taxes failed

May I first congratulate this paper on its professional evaluation of the recent local ballot issues.

Of course, I mean the proposed school tax and the county tax. As the paper pointed out, you never, repeat never, ask twice for an additional tax, let alone two additional tax programs. To include both on the same page is simply asking for rejection.

As for the school board request its was obvious that this would fail for a number of reasons. The principle one being that we, the public, no longer have any trust or faith in our local school board that seems totally incompetent to made a decision and is still, for some unknown reason, under the total influence of Superintendent Jeff Moss whose credentials seem to diminish month by month. His record of achievement leaves much to be desired, apart from changing the district’s nepotism rules to the benefit of a family member.

As for the county tax request, it would have been more helpful if someone had taken the trouble to explain why this was required and what the result of a $120 million tax would be to the county. If you want my money at least tell me why.

When push comes to shove, the county tax may have had more merit than the school request and I would suggest that had more trouble been taken in presenting the county needs, the results may well have been different, assuming that there were not two tax increases on the same ballot.

This story was originally published November 16, 2016 at 3:24 PM with the headline "Letter: Why local taxes failed."