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Project Destiny Crashes And Burns

July 11th, 2007 at 4:12 pm » Comments (2)

Wow! I thought they didn’t have much support, but wow!
Perfectly good waste of a few hundred grand………



Vote No On Project Destiny

June 30th, 2007 at 2:24 pm » Comments (0)

Up to this point I’ve been very fair when talking about Project Destiny.  I was still doing my research, and wanted to make an informed vote on the issue.
In my research I have found that Project Destiny is modeled after something that was done in Pittsburgh, PA.  If you end it there it sounds nice.  [...]



Project Destiny

June 23rd, 2007 at 1:43 pm » Comments (0)

I spoke a little bit about project destiny before, you can see that here.  Today I found a website that talks all about it.  Now, the website is by the people that wrote the proposal, do it’s doubtful you’ll see anything here that would cast Project Destiny in a negative light.
http://www.yestodestiny.org/
I haven’t shared my opinon [...]



Why Project Destiny Scares Me

April 17th, 2007 at 10:11 am » Comments (1)

If you’ve read through your copy of the Des Moines Register today I’m sure you noticed the story about Waukee’s proposal to how they’ll spend the Project Destiny money.  If not, it can be found here.
Waukee drops tax relief from ‘Destiny proposal
The title to the article tells you all you need to know.  Sell the [...]



Project Destiny

March 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am » Comments (5)

The Des Moines Register has been running quite a few stories about Project Destiny, a sales tax increase initiative that we will vote on July 10.
If you’re not familiar with the issue, there will be a vote to raise the sales tax from 6% to 7% for 10 years to both lower property taxes and [...]