'All For Transportation' tax supreme court ruling
Hillsborough County’s “All For Transportation” tax passed in November 2018 when 57% of voters approved a plan that would send 45% of the revenue to Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) which could use the money to boost services. It went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019 and had collected more than $472 million before late February when the Florida Supreme Court struck the tax down in a 4-1 decision. The funds were supposed to provide “much-need local funding for major projects [like] …the TECO Line Streetcar system extension and modernization project, bus rapid transit projects, a Cross Bay Ferry connection to MacDill Air Force Base…,” according to Tampa Bay Business Journal. But now, thanks to County Commissioner Stacy White’s lawsuit arguing that the charter was unconstitutional and took power away from the County Commission, the money looks to be pretty much kaput. @allfortransport on Twitter