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Cigar
08-28-2015, 12:49 PM
Downtown merchants in Columbia, MO gerrymandered a special district that contained no residents. They wanted to ram through a tax initiative, and under the law, if there are no voters in the district, then property owners (i.e. merchants) get to make the decision.

But, wait, what? The district they engineered actually contained one voter -- a 23-year-old college student. She will be the only one who will get to vote on the proposal -- and word is that she's not too keen on it.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/college-student-would-be-sole-voter-in-cid-sales-tax/article_6702c44b-0243-51f8-861c-1df0b462cd92.html


:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
birddog
08-28-2015, 01:03 PM
It's true the democrats are far better with crooked stuff! After all, they have far more experience! :rollseyes:
hanger4
08-28-2015, 07:22 PM
Yeah, I'm a bettin' the 5-2 vote by the City Council at lest 5 Dem vote. When a news piece leaves out the D or R they are usually Dems.
del
08-28-2015, 07:30 PM
of course they are.

:biglaugh:
hanger4
08-28-2015, 08:28 PM
of course they are.

:biglaugh:

Then what's the make up of the City Council sweet-ems ??
del
08-28-2015, 09:22 PM
Then what's the make up of the City Council sweet-ems ??

i don't know, sugartits.

this wasn't put together by the city council, but by the businessmen in the area, so it real doesn't matter now, does it?
hanger4
08-29-2015, 05:03 AM
i don't know, sugartits.

this wasn't put together by the city council, but by the businessmen in the area, so it real doesn't matter now, does it?

From da link;

"The Columbia City Council established the district on a 5-2 vote in April in response to a petition from a group of property owners in the CID boundaries."

Read up afore ya speak up babydoll. :)