Tax Referendum Hijacked.
The story refers to a local event, held last night, whereby citizens turned out by the dozens and asked the county commission to pass a quarter cent sales tax increase to help with education.
Where did the local news get the idea that the event had been hijacked?
One commissioner--Nathan Miller--said this: "That is a great question and I don't have the answer. I guess the school got wind that for some reason they felt this money could go to them when they asked us for a million dollars and they showed up in force. I'm still behind the resolution that it goes for debt if we have it at all...it kinda got hijacked, I think."
And then the local news just runs with it, not even considering how it demonstrates their own bias in favor of the same party that is represented by Miller.
Is HIJACKED really the right word to use when citizens show up to demand funding education? After all, a HIJACKING is what happened on 9/11!
Tax Referendum Hijacked Watauga Commissioners may have felt a bit hijacked in their public hearing on their proposed quarter cent tax referendum. Two weeks ago, it was a debt issue. By last night, it was an education issue—the tone set by commissioner Jim Deal, who was not present for the vote two weeks ago,
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