Capital Project tax will do much good
Greenwood County has been my home for the majority of my life and I have spent the past 20-plus years educating Greenwood’s children and raising my own sons.
Our children need every opportunity available to help them become successful residents. The 1 percent Capital Project Sales Tax takes the bold step of investing in our community and offering our children a better chance at achieving success.
As a teacher, I celebrate the successes of my students and see great things happening in our schools to help them succeed. The projects funded by the sales tax help ensure opportunities for my students not only now, but when they graduate from high school, college and during their search for gainful employment.
Whether one looks at the investments in parks and recreation, which will give our children safe places to play and engage in athletic competition, or at the economic development projects, which will add good paying jobs to our economy, the sales tax is a great initiative for our children’s future and the county’s future.
I have spoken to some who do not support this initiative because they might not agree with two or three of the 27 projects. To them I say, we all have projects we might not agree with on this initiative as no project list is perfect. However, not agreeing with 7 percent of the total projects is not a good reason to ignore all the good this initiative is capable of doing.
Vote yes on Nov. 8.
SUSAN NICKLES
Hodges
Originally Published by Index-Journal on:Oct 29, 2016
By SUSAN NICKLES