Collateral damage for the bus tax?
Prime Buzz digs deeper into the smear ads that popped up on TV in the last week opposing the bus tax renewal (Question 1). Obviously a stealth campaign, as the only campaign finance filing before the election showed $100 in the bank, certainly not enough to buy a local cable spot during prime time on CNN. The next filing is conveniently April 15, one full week after the election.
PB's Brad Cooper suggests that the effort might have nothing to do with the bus tax itself, but rather a way to get negative votes on the same ballot as the other questions: regulating payday loans (Question 2) and a city-wide smoking ban (Question 3). See PB for details on the money behind these other two campaigns (hint: Big Tobacco and Predatory Lenders) and judge for yourself.
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