For more than a decade, Copperas Cove leadership has let our streets crumble. The City’s own Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) Study (2024) admits the truth: over 80 miles of roads are in poor or failed condition with a repair backlog of more than $52 million.

Yet year after year, the City chose other priorities:

• $343,000–$500,000 annually to operate the golf course, plus new debt in 2021–2023 for upgrades.
• $195,000–$327,000 per year on tourism marketing and events.
• $2 million+ every year on Parks & Recreation extras.
• Expanding office staff while the Street Department stayed flat at fewer than 12 employees.

Now, instead of fixing priorities, City Hall wants to impose a new Transportation Utility Fee on every home, business, and church. And according to the ordinance (Sec. 11-229), if you don’t pay, they can shut off your utilities or take you to court.

This isn’t a funding shortage. It’s a leadership and priorities problem.

 
We, the undersigned, demand:

• Freeze or reduce non-essential spending before creating new fees.
• Use existing tools — bonds, grants, TxDOT programs — to repair streets.
• Grow street crews instead of more office staff.
• Deliver a transparent long-term plan for fixing roads.
   
  Add your name today. Tell City Hall: No Transportation Utility Fee until you put essentials first.