Oct. 7, 2025

Three questions or comments were sent in to the Forum during the transit tax discussion by online viewers. They were not read aloud or discussed.

BPC —You quoted that statistics show that roughly 80% of transit ridership is Black, which has often been used as a reason we should support expansion. Yet we’ve seen decisions that don’t reflect where our community rides most — let’s take the Silver Line: The line stops at JCSU instead of going further down Beatties Ford, while investment has gone southward and now they want to focus on Mooresville and Davidson. After 30 years of unmet promises, what makes us believe our needs will finally be prioritized? Who, in reality, is this bill designed to serve?

Transit is IMPORTANT — why are we rushing to push through an imperfect bill — let’s get it RIGHT then push it through!

Raising taxes for everyone, while Mecklenburg County is footing $116 million of our taxes to build a Cop City for CPCC, with zero community input. How will we actually ensure that taxes go back to our communities instead of to more policing?