"Those members" of County Council and "that staff" will do this - they will make a vague appeal for a tax increase and not include specifics and then threaten the citizens in this way: you either vote for this tax increase or you suffer with bad roads. There is no in between for them. They will attempt to blame the voters if the tax increase does not pass. The truth is that if they truly needed this extra money, they would make a strong case for its implementation. If they do NOT make a strong case for it, including providing the voters with an exact list of the roads they want to improve, then they communicate to the voters that they don't care a whit about roads to begin with, Or they communicate a complete incompetence for their position. Neither of those options are good.
"Those members" of County Council and "that staff" will do this - they will make a vague appeal for a tax increase and not include specifics and then threaten the citizens in this way: you either vote for this tax increase or you suffer with bad roads. There is no in between for them. They will attempt to blame the voters if the tax increase does not pass. The truth is that if they truly needed this extra money, they would make a strong case for its implementation. If they do NOT make a strong case for it, including providing the voters with an exact list of the roads they want to improve, then they communicate to the voters that they don't care a whit about roads to begin with, Or they communicate a complete incompetence for their position. Neither of those options are good.