AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Shayne Kavanagh, senior manager of research for the 26,000-plus member Government Finance Officers Association, authored “New Taxes That Work: How Local Governments and Raise Revenue and “Rethinking Revenue”
He noted that even in an era of strong
anti-tax sentiment, communities successfully gained voter approval when they
associated the tax with a concrete purpose that citizens value.
“For Plant City, Fla., 50 percent of
its 160 miles of streets were in poor condition.
Staff estimated that it would take up
to 60 years to resurface or reconstruct all roads in the city, based on
available resources at the time.
Street quality served as the
foundation for a new tax,” Kavanagh reported.
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