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

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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).
 
I have never seen so much money being put into advocating a proposed money laundering operation in Florida as this one! The corporatists who will be benefitting from this scam are bankrolling and endless stream of ads promoting it.

JWK



Today’s corrupted politics is all about the Benjamins, and which political party's leadership can put their hand deeper into the productive working person’s pocket.

 
Federal tax revenue misappropriated to fund ads for Greenlight Pinellas initiative!


See: No Tax for Tracks calls for PSTA head's firing over DHS funding issue

Earlier this month, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Executive Director Brad Miller returned $354,000 to the Department of Homeland Security after the federal agency said that a series of Pinellas transit ads financed with those funds did not meet the requirements for an "anti-terrorism" campaign.

So, now we learn that tax revenue was misappropriated by Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s Executive Director, Brad Miller, to fund ads promoting the “Greenlight Pinellas” Initiative which would create more government funded jobs with lucrative salaries and outrageous retirement pension plans which will be paid for by tax payers who may never ever use the transit system.

Why isn’t this hustling flimflam artist, Brad Miller, not arrested, prosecuted and sent to jail? Last time I checked embezzlement is a crime!

For a related story see: Homeland Security grant used to produce “feel good” Greenlight Pinellas ads

JWK



Today’s corrupted politics is all about the Benjamins, and which political party's leadership can put their hand deeper into the productive working person’s pocket.

 
Greenlight Pinellas initiative would raise sales tax in Pinellas County by 14%!


Pinellas County’s “Greenlight Pinellas” initiative would raise the sales tax by 14%, making the county’s sales tax the highest in Florida! Estimates are taxpayers in Pinellas Country would pay about $110 MILLION a year under the proposed new tax.


JWK


Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money.Margaret Thatcher

 
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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).
These mass transit money transfer scams never pay for themselves. In fact they LOSE money.
They are just another way for politicians to grow the size of government.
 
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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).
These mass transit money transfer scams never pay for themselves. In fact they LOSE money.
They are just another way for politicians to grow the size of government.

Mass transit is old fashion.
Two points that supposedly elitists that favor "mass transit" keep forgetting that as "intellectually aware" people that are on the cutting edge that:
a) GM announced by 2017 "driverless" cars.. meaning mass transit is out of date.
b) Telecommuting is growing so why would people sit in rush hour traffic?

How Many Telecommute at Least Half the Time—2.6% of the U.S. employee workforce (3.3 million people, not including the self-employed or unpaid volunteers) considered home their primary place of work (see Table 6).
Telework Grew Nearly 80% from 2005
Telecommuting Workforce Grew While Total Workforce Declined 2011 to 2012
Latest Telecommuting Statistics Global Workplace Analytics
 
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.
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?
 
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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?
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?

There are many classes and labs that are 'hands on'. Plus I like seeing my professors in person and being able to interact with the other students. As for driverless cars, you still have to have a place to park them. And the lightrail is polutionless, and covers the city well.
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?

There are many classes and labs that are 'hands on'. Plus I like seeing my professors in person and being able to interact with the other students. As for driverless cars, you still have to have a place to park them. And the lightrail is polutionless, and covers the city well.
You might like the light rail but the facts are that most don't and such a system is almost never able to break even.

If the people who want to ride it are willing to pay for it, fine. It NEVER ends up like that though, does it.
 
The way the State views it, and many citizens I would imagine....is that many out of state vacationers, or winter rental people pick up a good deal of the tab..... vs retired old timers who own their homes.....

Florida has always viewed sales taxes as the primary way to tax....since they have no income tax...and millions of out of staters visiting.'spending their money in the state....

Pinellas county has all the great beaches that draws the out of state resort customers....who will be paying the tax.
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?

There are many classes and labs that are 'hands on'. Plus I like seeing my professors in person and being able to interact with the other students. As for driverless cars, you still have to have a place to park them. And the lightrail is polutionless, and covers the city well.

You actually are "bragging" about seeing "Professors" and yet you pay so little attention to your spelling?

"Polutionless"??
Did you not see the little red dotted line?
It seems to me you are not even smart enough to pay attention to the spellchecker but then you state "pollutionless"?

NOTHING is "pollutionless" as electricity generated by either gas, coal, solar, or nuclear that turns water to steam and each have some form of pollution.
"Place to park them"? Ever hear of "multi-story parking garages" or is that an unknown concept in Portlandia???
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?

There are many classes and labs that are 'hands on'. Plus I like seeing my professors in person and being able to interact with the other students. As for driverless cars, you still have to have a place to park them. And the lightrail is polutionless, and covers the city well.

You actually are "bragging" about seeing "Professors" and yet you pay so little attention to your spelling?

"Polutionless"??
Did you not see the little red dotted line?
It seems to me you are not even smart enough to pay attention to the spellchecker but then you state "pollutionless"?

NOTHING is "pollutionless" as electricity generated by either gas, coal, solar, or nuclear that turns water to steam and each have some form of pollution.
"Place to park them"? Ever hear of "multi-story parking garages" or is that an unknown concept in Portlandia???

Why do you always call people out for ignoring the red dotted line, when your formatting sucks ass and you too have grammatical errors out the asshole (and often)?

Shut the fuck up, dude. This isn't English class, most of the people typing on a message board are being flippant with the rules of writing because they are meaningless on a non-sanctioned piece of literature.

In short, get a life this is the 1, 000th time I've seen you do this while maintaining your own piss-poor writing, hypocrite.
 
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.
Great for you. Today.
But in areas that would have to spend billions such as Pinellas county of Saint Petersburg and Clearwater among other cities would have to spend, wouldn't it be wiser to invest in driverless cars? Plus why is such an intelligent man such as you going to the university when "GotoMeeting" or WebEx or other replacements are less inconvenient and less expensive?
My whole point is the "Intelligentsia" all favor mass transit but in light of driverless cars and telecommuting why support buggy whip means of transportation?

There are many classes and labs that are 'hands on'. Plus I like seeing my professors in person and being able to interact with the other students. As for driverless cars, you still have to have a place to park them. And the lightrail is polutionless, and covers the city well.

You actually are "bragging" about seeing "Professors" and yet you pay so little attention to your spelling?

"Polutionless"??
Did you not see the little red dotted line?
It seems to me you are not even smart enough to pay attention to the spellchecker but then you state "pollutionless"?

NOTHING is "pollutionless" as electricity generated by either gas, coal, solar, or nuclear that turns water to steam and each have some form of pollution.
"Place to park them"? Ever hear of "multi-story parking garages" or is that an unknown concept in Portlandia???

Why do you always call people out for ignoring the red dotted line, when your formatting sucks ass and you too have grammatical errors out the asshole (and often)?

Shut the fuck up, dude. This isn't English class, most of the people typing on a message board are being flippant with the rules of writing because they are meaningless on a non-sanctioned piece of literature.

In short, get a life this is the 1, 000th time I've seen you do this while maintaining your own piss-poor writing, hypocrite.

Hey I pay attention to the helps when presented i.e. the red dotted line and even idiots like you should because they are helpful!
Idiots like you that can't even pay attention to the HELP given you can't then believed for whatever you say.
I bet you don't even understand the difference in the following:

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Words have meaning and at least pay attention to something you can help i.e. your sloppy, slobby shabby posting!
 

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