A campaign to support Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon’s bid to raise the city’s sales tax by half a percent is flooding voters with texts, mailers and social media posts.
The pitch? A little extra money at the cash register will raise $47 million every year to improve affordable housing, sidewalks, parks, greenways, facilities and roads and will barely be felt by residents (most families will pay an additional $60 to $144 a year based on purchases).
But the city hasn’t locked in what the money will be spent on if the sales tax passes. City officials won’t guarantee how the extra money from taxpayers will be spent beyond the $10 million a year allocated for affordable housing…