There's been a lot of discussion and debate about Pinellas County placing a transit tax on the ballot next year, which would go toward the construction of a light rail system between St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
Most of the transit tax dialogue has been in meetings with the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA). So when a measure came up today to decide whether the Pinellas County Commission would approve the tax on next November's ballot, it faced resistance — and not just from Commissioner Norm Roche, who previously criticized the initiative.
Today, Roche was the only member of the board to vote against placing a transit tax on the ballot in 2014, but commissioners Karen Seel and John Morroni voiced concerns about the issue.
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2013.