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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Even details like calling the ticket levy a "ticket tax" was a huge mistake. They should have been trumpeting that user pay portion as much as possible, knowing full well that the public aren't keen on tax dollars being used. Semantics, sure, but why even mention the T-word on a portion that is 100% user pay?
It gave the inaccurate perception that even more of it was taxpayer funded, and the media fuelled this by misreporting it initially.
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You say this like people have figured it out since.