Stories from Saturday, March 30, 2024

Scott County again, is asking for another ½-cent sales tax increase to fund supposedly needed law enforcement, building repairs and road repairs on the April election ballot. What are they doing with the Biden infrastructure money they received? What are they doing with the new and increased sales tax they collect on the marijuana sales they are now receiving? What are they doing with the new sales tax we now have to pay when we buy a car from out of state? What are they doing with the increased sales tax on gasoline? What are they doing with the new sales tax they receive from online internet sales? They now receive sales tax on everything we buy online. What are they doing with all these new taxes? How much tax do they need? Sikeston, and Scott County has basically had little or no population growth in the last 30 years but taxes continue to increase. Scott County has only said the tax increase would cover repairs to the county building, support the police and do some road repairs. Has anyone seen a detailed list of their projects? Remember this tax increase will last many, many years and the public should know what this tax money will be spent on even in the future. Prices for everything is very high now and they are collecting more sales tax than ever before. I urge everyone to vote against this tax increase without more transparency. We have been taken to the cleaners just too many times.