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A New Campaign Claims that the 'Sarasota County Public Hospital District' Abuses Its Taxing Authority over the County's Residents
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(OPEN):
THE NEW "STOP SARASOTA WASTE NOW"-CAMPAIGN IS CONDEMNING
WHAT IT CALLS "A BLATANT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY" BY THE
"SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT"--AND ITS
BENEFACTOR, "SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL". TARREN
BRAGDON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE "FOUNDATION FOR
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY"--WHICH IS SUPPORTING THE CAMPAIGN...
(BRAGDON):
"THE 'PUBLIC
HOSPITAL DISTRICT' HAS ABUSED ITS TAXING-AUTHORITY OVER COUNTY-RESIDENTS
FOR FAR TOO LONG. WE EXPECT OUR GOVERNMENT-OFFICIALS--BOTH ELECTED
AND APPOINTED--TO BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER-MONEY. BUT,
FROM 1998 TO 2009, TAX-RATES NEARLY QUADRUPLED--WITH TAX-COLLECTIONS
INCREASING FROM JUST UNDER FIVE-MILLION DOLLARS, TO ALMOST 60-MILLION
DOLLARS, A YEAR--ALL WITH LITTLE OVERSIGHT OR ACCOUNTABILITY. WE
URGE THE PUBLIC TO SIGN OUR PETITION, AND JOIN OUR FIGHT--TO STOP THIS
SENSELESS ABUSE OF TAXPAYER-DOLLARS."
(CLOSE):
THE CAMPAIGN HAS MORE INFORMATION--AND AN ONLINE PETITION--AT
"STOP-SARASOTA-WASTE-NOW"-DOT-COM.
