Comments on: Alameda votes, Measure P and more http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/10/30/alameda-votes-measure-p-and-more/ Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Marshall Cromer http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/10/30/alameda-votes-measure-p-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Marshall Cromer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:01:05 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/?p=615#comment-336 The City of Alameda is paying themselves $26M in benefits. They only want our money and nothing else. When are you people going to wake up that the only reason that they want an increase is to line there pockets with higher wages and benefits. It is out of control and the government employees need to be stopped.

]]> By: Lillian http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2008/10/30/alameda-votes-measure-p-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Lillian Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:48:14 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/?p=615#comment-335 CA is one of the richest states in the US, yet we always seem to have some sort of budget crisis.

Alameda itself is an island, how many houses are you going to sell in a year that would make up a huge budget deficit? To me it seems ridiculous to try and increase the tax on transfer taxes to housing, when real estate market is the way it is.

I’m not saying I’m adverse to paying more for the essential services like Firemen and Policemen, but why not just get it over with and tax the entire city instead with an increase.

We already pay 120 for a school tax (was it measure H last year???), we should just agree to pay another $100 to fund the fire and police depts only.

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