Press-Citizen Endorses Sales Tax Yes

Press-Citizen Endorses Sales Tax Yes

Key points from the endorsement editorial:

Quote from Former Mayor Ernie Lehman, leader of the council's conservative faction during his time in office: "While I am not a proponent of higher taxes, I am even less a proponent of paying the tax and not sharing the benefits. The projects slated to be done are projects that need doing and will be done in time. This represents an opportunity to do them in a timely fashion -- at a fraction of the cost that would otherwise prevail."

"Much of the tax revenue collected in Iowa City and Coralville will go for the local matches required to receive those federal and state funds." Tax opponents are deliberately fudging this point, claiming that incoming state and federal dollars make the local matches unnecessary.