County Commission Chair Ken Hagan hinted today that ballot language for the proposed one cent sales tax for transportation projects might not be voted on at the BOCC's March 3rd meeting.
He made the comment at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon with members of the Tampa City Council, Hillsborough County Commission and Hillsborough County School Board.
The timing is important, since the Tampa Bay Partnership, which will be spearheading a campaign in support of the proposal, say they are holding back on any type of marketing plan until they see the actual language that would go before County voters on November 2.
Hagan said that governance and accountability issues, as well as community meetings currently going on right now about the proposal, could delay the discussion and formal vote on the language scheduled for the first week of March. "It's very likely it might be that meeting after the 3rd, maybe two meetings after the 3rd," he speculated. "We're shooting for that. But I guess you have noticing requirements. You have to do it 10 days or 14 days in advance of that, so it's making that a little tight."
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.