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)tr.v. be·trayed, be·tray·ing, be·trays6. To lead astray; deceive. See Synonyms at deceive.
It started right at the beginning of the meeting... Public Input bill: Deferred, Councilor Harris' Transportation Study: Deferred, Councilor Benton's Study: Deferred, Councilor Winter's Transportation Study: Deferred. By 6:00 PM there hardly seemed to be anything left of the Council's Agenda and the only Trolley bill left was the promised repeal of the Transportation Infrastructure Tax. Surely that bill would quickly move through the Council with a minimum of debate and be approved.
WRONG! The Council once again showed its true colors by deferring the one bill that the Mayor and the Council all claim to be in favor of... repealing the Transportation Infrastructure Tax extension. This is the type of ham-fisted political maneuvering that causes us to see red.
The truth is that this Council (with the exception of Councilor Winter) wants to keep the money provided by the Transportation Infrastructure Tax in order to fund their plunge back to the 19th century. The easiest way to achieve that goal is to betray their promises by deferring the repeal until their opposition loses interest or determination. Then they'll quietly roll the 19th Century Trolley through a City Council meeting and "all aboard! Next stop... New Taxationville!"
-----UPDATE-----
We want to make sure to give credit where credit is due. Councilors Cadigan, Harris, and Winter all voted to repeal the Transportation Infrastructure Tax. (ABQ Journal - Subscription Required) But we stand by the assertion that the Council is trying to find a way to implement the 19th Century Streetcar. By the way... who does The Mayer (Councilor Mayer) think she's fooling? She tables the repeal in committee, votes to bring it out of committee two weeks ago, and then claims we've got plenty of time and votes to defer it. She voted against it, before she voted for it, before she voted against it?!
2 comments:
What's worse than a thief, a drug dealer, or murdrer? Thats right, a crooked politician who LIES. The taxpayers trusted that the current tax would sunset in 2009, and were promised just that. That Until now. Marty with all of his talk about sending this new transportation tax to the voters has secretly signed it into law and has his dirty workers on the City Council stall Councilor Winter's bill that would have repealed that tax extented with out our approval till 2020. What a thief. Where is the public outrage. THIS IS SO WRONG
The citizens of this city will get exactly what they deserve, unless the stand up and revolt, and put a stop to the out and out deceptions and lies put forth by this mayor, City Council, and all of the highly paid directors of his administration. Where are the voices of the business commnunity, and why do they stay silent. Are they too a part of the corruption. This community is on a very serious slippery slope, with no one stepping up and addressing morles, ethics, or scrupples.
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