Comments on: Failed Contra Costa water fee flopped in 18 of 19 cities

By: JohnW

JohnW — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:35 +0000

Re: #6

“It was only right that only property owners were able to vote…”

I’m happy about the result and agree that letting non-property owners might have made it harder to defeat the tax. I hate that seniors can vote on parcel taxes but then be exempted. However, I have to ask myself why it is right that only property owners should vote? Everybody gets to vote on parcel taxes, whether they own property or not. Property tax-like taxes are just another way of funding local services and infrastructure, along with sales taxes and fees. We will all vote on Brown’s “temporary” income tax increases, even though only one percent of taxpayers or so will have to pay them.

By: Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:28 +0000

It clearly was not popular is East County!!! The folks in El Cerrito seem to be out-of-step with the rest of the cities

But it was only right that only property owners were able to vote on a parcel tax on their properties IAW Prop 218.

By: Claire Voyance

Claire Voyance — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:57:30 +0000

LMAO. Great work, losers!

By: Elwood

Elwood — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:57:52 +0000

A true monument to stupidity!

By: Bruce R. Peterson, Lafayette

Bruce R. Peterson, Lafayette — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:54:06 +0000

I guess I will have to ask my contact in El Cerrito. I sent them an e-mail about the tax for the clean water that lands on your roof. My contact in Happy Valley took the message to their homeowners meeting. I will also contact Larry Pines. He alerted the C. C. Times writers about the sham.

By: JohnW

JohnW — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Any theories as to why El Cerrito was so lopsided in the other direction?

By: Clean Water Fee Voted Down in 18 of 19 Cities | BurkforOakley

Clean Water Fee Voted Down in 18 of 19 Cities | BurkforOakley — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:29:14 +0000

[...] Vorderbrueggen of the Contra Costa Times provided a nice update on how miserable the Clean Water Initiative did and its not pretty. Below is [...]