Mayor Reed “Let’s Flush Our Money Down the Toilet”

A group called Citizens for Clean Water 2012, which appears to have not filed any reports with the State Ethics Campaign Finance Commission, mailed an 8.5 by 11 postcard to voters in the City of Atlanta supporting a “Yes” vote on Atlanta’s sales tax for sewer repairs.

UPDATE: I couldn’t find it when I initially spent 20 minutes searching for the disclosure report, but later was able to locate the Citizens for Clean Water 2012 disclosure report, which was filed 2/24/2012.

Mayor Reed spoke with Dennis O’Hayer about the tax vote, and is campaigning for voter approval on March 6th.

I agree with Mayor Reed that the renewing the MOST is important to Atlanta’s economic development, and is a sensible alternative to simply having property owners within the City of Atlanta foot the entire bill for needed infrastructure improvement’s in Georgia’s largest economic engine. However, I am not sure voters will be enthusiastic about voting to tax themselves, even if it’s not a new tax, but a continuation of an existing one. I also question whether outright advocacy of a tax measure using city resources crosses the line. Hizzoner was careful in the City-produced video to not actually ask voters to approve the measure, but this may be an example of going right up to the line.