UPDATE: 14% Increase?

UPDATE: Originally, in our relentless pursuit of truth, we informed you that the opponents of the transportation referendum in Hillsborough County were simply misleading voters with their 14% claims. However, we recently learned that this opposition group is claiming not that passing the transportation initiative would increase the sales tax by 14%, but that the referendum would be a "14% increase in the cost of goods and services."

This is beyond misleading -- it is blatantly false. First, there is no sales tax on services, period. Second, as our earlier example shows, the increase in the cost of goods is only 1%, or one penny for each dollar spent. Not only that, but the surtax is not even applied to all goods, since it is not applied to food or medicine!

Mobility Mike and Commuter Carly will not rest while Hillsborough County voters are misled by false information!