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Tampa Chamber says it supports “the right” to have a transportation referendum

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The last time Hillsborough County voters weighed in on a transportation tax in 2010, the effort was led by the business community, specifically the Tampa Bay Partnership, going under the title of Moving Hillsborough Forward. Despite the discussions over the past couple of years with the Hillsborough Policy Leadership group about the intentions of bringing back a sales tax referendum on transportation in 2016, it’s still questionable whether Hillsborough voters will actually get that opportunity. That remains up to the Hillsborough Board…

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Transit activists unhappy with reported Hillsborough transit tax proposal

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Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill was briefing some members of the Hillsborough County Commission Wednesday afternoon, a day before he’ll unveil before the public his recommendations on how the county should address its huge transportation needs. As first reported by the Tampa Tribune’s Mike Salinero, Merrill will propose that commissioners put a half-cent sales transit tax on the 2016 ballot, but with only 30 percent of those funds being allocated to mass transit. Sixty percent would be for building and rebuilding…

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