After the Tampa City Council heard from a number of citizens two weeks ago complaining about increased fees to utilize city recreation facilities, Councilman John Dingfelder suggested a $1 monthly tax for every property owner in Florida, with those fees going to programs for kids and seniors. He said that it might it should be up to citizens to decide the matter on next year's ballot, and three other Council members voted to support him on the issue (the exception was Mary Mulhern, with Tom Scott and Joseph Caetano absent).
Now Republican Trey Rustmann, who is a possible general election opponent of Dingfelder for Hillsborough County Commission in District One, is calling out Dingfelder for the suggestion, employing Councilwoman Mulhern's comment at the meeting, that "It could be the Dingfelder parks tax," in his newsletter e-mailed out this morning.
This article appears in Mar 10-16, 2010.
