There’s a great editorial by Liz Garrigan in the Nashville Scene today. She calls out the sales tax increase supporters for their attempted campaign tactic of keeping things quiet. The tax hike proponents did not want to have the issue discussed. They just wanted the people on their side to go stealthily to the polls on September 13 and let us all be surprised later.

I know the unwanted publicity has already been discussed as being a main factor in the failure of the tax hike, but I think this article is well-written and reiterates the point perfectly.