OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group opposed to the latest Metropolitan Area Projects proposal is citing the recession as a primary reason voters should not approve an extension of the MAPS tax.
About 100 people showed up at City Hall on Tuesday to rally against the MAPS 3 proposal. About a dozen counter-protestors stood among the anti-MAPS group holding signs supporting the proposal.
Former state Rep. Porter Davis, the spokesman for a coalition known as KillTheMapsTax.com, says local citizens and businesses could use the stimulus that would come from letting the temporary MAPS tax expire.
The $777 million proposal, to be voted on Dec. 8, includes a new downtown convention center, a 70-acre downtown park, a downtown streetcar system, bicycle trails, sidewalks, senior centers throughout the city and improvements along the Oklahoma River.
