Here we are AGAIN - City Lying Again, getting Away With MURDER - Short On FACTS and Accountability.
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Mayor’s rail push inappropriate Star- Advertiser Jul 2015
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Originally set to expire in 2022, the 4.5 percent GET now will be assessed through 2027, which ought to provide a safer financing margin as construction heads toward town and costs are anticipated to rise. But getting that concession out of the Legislature, which was loath to pursue a tax increase, was a heavy lift.
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Caldwell gave it to them, in the form of a hard sell that was long on doomsday projections and short on facts.
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But that’s never had the full discussion it warrants, and it wasn’t what was on the table.

At the time, the administration was not forthcoming with that breakdown, despite repeated requests from the Star-Advertiser. That certainly tarnished the administration’s credibility before the Legislature, which now likely will give the city the third degree in future grillings — as it should.