NO SPLOST is a Radical, Far Left Agenda to Defund Glynn County & Brunswick, GA

 NO SPLOST is a Radical, Far Left Agenda to Defund Glynn County & Brunswick, GA

If you remember the cry of "defund the police" during the 2020 protests then you can surely understand why "defund the community", in the sense of voting against the SPLOST, was an act of propaganda and lies to derail a fair, affordable, and equitable way to generate funding for the essential projects of Glynn County. 

Unfortunately, even many conservatives fell for this trick, voting against the needs of the mostly Republican Board of Commissioners. Fueling the fire with keywords like "roundabout", these very few radical liberals not only turned citizens on their own, they also derailed essential infrastructure projects for the needy, minorities, and underprivileged that the far left claims to assist or represent. 

The motive was to obstruct the new Republican Commissioners, even at the cost of the only Democrat and Black member in the group, Allen Booker, who made it very clear that he needed this funding to go forward in order to stop flooding and improve infrastructure in Brunswick.

The two new Commissioners are Walter Rafolski who beat Taylor Ritz for At-Large Post 2, and Cap Fendig who beat Julian “Puddy” Smith for District 2. Both Ritz and Smith worked on a public level to defund the SPLOST and to seemingly get revenge for losses to their former competitors, no matter what cost to the community. 

Commissioner Allen Booker, D, scolding Taylor Ritz in a public Facebook post.

We have a lot of revealing facts to share about this situation, for now just remember that "NO SPLOST" is one short step from "DEFUND THE POLICE" and there is a group of radicals willing to do whatever it takes to see that agenda through, at whatever cost to our community.

2021 NO SPLOST is an Obstructionist Agenda

2021 NO SPLOST is an Obstructionist Agenda

As one who votes Democrat, I believe in progressive efforts, not obstructionism. Controls need to be instituted in any sort of program, let alone in government, but I do not believe that the duty to manage or oversee a project should supersede its potential value and benefit. We need to vote YES on the SPLOST 2021 because

• Coastal and flood waters are rising and Brunswick, GA, has serious, costly drainage issues. 
• Storms, nationally, seem to have increased in volume, power, and repetition. If we are hit head on by a hurricane or other storm it will be devastating, and not just in the flooding,,, the entire infrastructure could go down. I don't think we want to experience "Texas level" disaster anytime soon.
• Most roads and sidewalks on the peninsula could use improvement and it's been said often.
• Black leaders support the SPLOST and have said that their constituents need this help.

Flooding on Newcastle

We are in a pandemic, during a massive economic recession, and we have a very old infrastucture that needs updating. But the obstructionists say that the Glynn County Commissioners, even the newly elected ones, aren't capable of managing the SPLOST 2021. How would they know? I don't know, what I do know is that

• Three of the foremost "no splosters" ran for office within the past few years and lost. Two ran for county commissioner, one for city. 
• All three are white, own homes, some with several properties. 
• Two ran as Democrats, the third is unknown.
• At least one helped mobilize Black turnout for recent elections.

So why would they obstruct a one penny tax on a dollar that benefits everyone, let alone minorities, during such a vulnerable time? We can only guess that if they had won their election, they wouldn't be opposed. We can only guess that they somehow see it fit to ask black and brown voters for their vote but not lend a hand when it's time to return that favor.

The obstructionists cannot be allowed to carry out their objective of revenge for losing their elections and dissatisfaction with a Republican commission. It's not time for revenge, it's a time for healing and moving forward, and lending a hand to those in need.

VOTE YES on the 2021 SPLOST!