Foes of transit sales tax extension face uphill battle
Measure J would extend the half-cent levy an extra 30 years, to 2069. Backers are an array of interests fueling their bid with money. The opposition is a relatively low-budget, grass-roots effort.
October 20, 2012
By Ari Bloomekatz
Los Angeles Times
"A small group of opponents to a three-decade transportation sales tax extension on next month's ballot huddled this week for their first news conference, a thinly attended event in a Hyde Park parking lot.
Only two television stations showed up — one from USC — signaling the kind of David versus Goliath battle they face.
The Coalition to Defeat Measure J included a smattering of groups with accumulated grievances against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Among them were bus riders who feel shortchanged by the agency's heavy spending on rail projects and Beverly Hills school officials battling part of a subway route beneath their city..."
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