Taunton - A look at the failed Taunton BID ballot 2020 & the NO campaign against it.

Taunton has an interesting BID history:

2007 - BID established after a YES ballot result, with a 5 year term ending in 2012.

2012 - BID renewal ballot resulted in a NO, so BID kicked out.

2014 - BID development ballot resulted in a NO again (with a worse result than in 2012).

2020 - Some bright sparks decide to bring BID back to ballot again, and the ballot was ‘suspended’ 2 hours before ballot closure for no good verifiable reason, so NO BID yet again! Interesting that when one of the BID proposer steering group members was asked what happened to the BID he replied “we knew it wasn’t going our way”.

The following is a series of articles are from the hard fought NO campaign for the 2020 ballot, which basically beat the Council and BID proposers into submission. You can see how the campaign developed and many strong evidence based NO arguments were put across, so please read with interest and feel free to copy / use any article tailored for your own NO BID campaign.

Posts tagged failed BID

Business plan launch event 22/1 - No Taunton BID’s presentation.

Here’s a copy of the NO BID presentation that was made at the Taunton BID business plan launch event on 22nd January, in additional to a few more notes about the day.

Against BID25 January 2020failed BID

The Taunton BID map is biased and unfair.

If Taunton is going to try and embrace BID, it should do it as a whole town centre business community or not at all. In this article we explore why the Taunton BID map is poorly conceived and unfair to businesses both inside and outside the proposed BID area, so doomed for failure from the start if voted in. How would you feel if the Council came around to your home and told you they’re going to increase your council tax bill for the next 5 years, but not for the house next door and opposite?

Against BID3 December 2019failed BID, response

Taunton’s failed BID 2007-2012; there's no evidence Taunton BID have learnt lessons from the past.

Considering the problems of the last failed Taunton BID, it doesn’t instil much confidence in the people we would be voting for to do another BID, if they haven’t properly reflected on the mistakes made last time and learnt lessons, in an attempt to mitigate risks of failure and reassure us it won’t happen again.

Against BID3 August 2019concerns, failed BID, response

Taunton - A look at the failed Taunton BID ballot 2020 & the NO campaign against it.

The following are a series of blog articles used as part of the NO campaign, scrutinising the BID proposals and summarising objections.