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Comment favoring: LIFT - Local Investments For Transformation Several Mayors and 23 County Judge Executives have endorsed it. Among this group are those in our own backyards consisting of Ann Melton, Eddie Rogers, and John Phelps. Rep. Bam Carney and Rep. Jeff Hoover have endorsed it. Local Investments for Transformation is a citizen direct 1% Sales Tax, imposed only by a popular vote for a specific project with the tax removed once that projet is completed Click on headline for complete commentary By Sheldon Alley Personal commentary I was bored out of mind this blue and sunny Monday morning and came across a bit of news about the LIFT (Local Investments for Transformation) idea or better known as the Local Option. There is a nifty little website available that is fairly straightforward and simple to understand. www.liftkentucky.com. .According to the website the LIFT is "An additional one-penny sales tax. Pays for specific community projects, voted on by the people. Then the tax goes away." It also says, "The new revenue would be dedicated to funding a specific set of projects chosen by a community-wide, citizen-driven process. It would NOT go into a city's or county's general fund." Governor Beshear and all former Governors have endorsed it. Several Mayors and 23 County Judge Executives have endorsed it. Among this group are those in our own backyards consisting of Ann Melton, Eddie Rogers, and John Phelps. 17 members of the KY House of Representatives introduced a bill on Februray 14 that would, \"give Kentucky citizens the right to vote on investing in local projects important to their communities." This group includes Reps. Carney (R-Campbellsville) and Hoover (R-Jamestown) and you may even include Rep. Mills (D-Lebanon) who is not that far down the road from us to round out the bipartisanship of the idea. Of course there are opponents. Somebody has to play the opposite side and argue or things wouldn't be fun. I know we all get excited when talk of any kind of new tax is mentioned. I personally think it is interesting and could in theory do a lot of great things for our communities big and small. I would say this is my "two cents" worth. but the idea only costs a penny. I think of all the pennies I see on the ground, find on the floorboard, leave at the cash register. I ignore them, forget about them, give them away, and in the end I don\'t really miss them that much. Wishing everyone a blessed day in which life, death, and taxes are the only absolutes. Everything else is just window shopping. Sheldon Alley. --Sheldon Alley This story was posted on 2014-03-10 09:48:19
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