Yesterday's Southern Illinoisan has a editorial lauding Brad Cole's service as mayor of Carbondale. As a reader pointed out in an email, most of the facts in this paragraph about the tax increase passed for Saluki Way are, well, wrong:
Among the accomplishments in Cole's career have been the building of a new public safety center, giving Carbondale Police Department a sorely needed new building. And no mention of Cole's tenure is likely to go without a comment on the Saluki Way project, for which Carbondale implemented a 1 percent sales tax increase for 10 years to help pay $10 million toward construction of new facilities, most notably a new Saluki Stadium and revamped SIU Arena.
The sales tax increase was 1/2% not 1%, it lasts for 20 years not 10, and pays $20 million towards construction, not $10 million. You'd think the editorial writers at the Southern would read their own paper.
Among the accomplishments in Cole's career have been the building of a new public safety center, giving Carbondale Police Department a sorely needed new building. And no mention of Cole's tenure is likely to go without a comment on the Saluki Way project, for which Carbondale implemented a 1 percent sales tax increase for 10 years to help pay $10 million toward construction of new facilities, most notably a new Saluki Stadium and revamped SIU Arena.
The sales tax increase was 1/2% not 1%, it lasts for 20 years not 10, and pays $20 million towards construction, not $10 million. You'd think the editorial writers at the Southern would read their own paper.
