Poa
The POA is very strategic and is looking 4 steps ahead of everyone else. They also have numerous voices on social media that consistently pound the same message. They got ESM on the board in 2020 and two more candidates in 2022. You have to respect their organization and effort. They got dems elected to the commission in a heavily republican county. Bravo for them.
But why were they really against the IFD? My personal belief is they plan to push, through their supported elected commissioners, a new Fire Impact tax. They will call it a fee, but we all know these fees (taxes) are pushed down to consumers. If the IFD had passed, they wouldn’t have been able to push this new tax. Don’t be surprised to see this proposed in 2023 from one or both of their supported commissioners. The key will be Estep, is he still in POA’s corner or has he decided to become more independent. It will be interesting to see in the next year.
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