In 2006 the residents of Pima County voted in favor of the Regional Transportation Authority. At the time the county had no experience with this type of regional transportation funding, many promises sounded appealing, so we gave it a chance.
Almost 20 years later the RTA is asking for 20 more years. Hopefully now we know better. In those 20 years we’ve seen a dysfunctional board, an executive director gone wild, a lack of accountability, funding shortfalls, massive cost overruns, timeline overruns, and incomplete projects. The RTA’s track record is pretty dismal.
Twenty more years of taxes for incompetence is not appealing, we can do better. Vote no on prop 418 and 419.
Sky Jacobs
Downtown
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