We urge you to vote No on Measure T.Too many New Permanent Parcel TaxesMeasure T is NOT a renewal. Renewal means to continue the same with the same conditions. Measure T is a new permanent parcel tax. The amount is different and has no sunset. It creates a PERMANENT obligation imposed only on Davis homeowners. Is starts at $172 . $123 already there plus $49 but with built-in increases every year with no limit. The difference in the amount and the terms makes it clear Measure T is not a renewal but a new permanent parcel tax. No sooner the ink was drying out on Measure N, the latest permanent parcel tax imposed on Davis residents by the School Board, that the County Board of Supervisors wants a piece also of permanent parcel taxes. We need to express our opposition to the entire Alphabet of Parcel tax measures. They started with Measure A in 2011, now they are on Measure T with all the alphabet letters in between. We donot have an objection to paying Property Taxes but most certainly object to the abuse of the Davis taxpayers by the now that the Board of supervisors for Yolo County wants their cut too. Take a look at your property tax bills. A sample, $2,303 dollars on top of the property taxes which in most home bougth recently in Davis is over $10,000. This will stop only when you teach these politicians a lesson and send the message that Davis taxpayers are not an ATM machine where money is available anytime they come up with a project. This is too much too many measures and if you vote yes you are shooting yourself is the foot because effective you will not have a say anymore they want to make it permanent precisely so they do noth have to ask you again, just keep piling up. Very unfair and targeted only to those who owe a home in Davis. They are discriminatory because everyone else who lives temporary here or is renting do not pay these taxes yet only the homeowners will pay for ever. This PERMANENT tax will avoid oversight and public scrutiny. You will not have an opportunity to have a say again. If Measure T passes there will not be any renewals or accountability because it is forever. Many Davis residents that voted YES for these TEMPORARY measures are having second thoughts about committing themselves to an infinite increasing PERMANENT tax. If you voted yes in the past, the time has come for you to consider voting NO because if you vote yes, you are acquiring an eternal debt. If you vote YES on Measure T , you are acquiring a variable debt forever with no limit. You will pass that to your children and future generations. It takes precedence before you even consider your own mortgage and household expenses. You will be able to pay your mortgage but not these taxes. MEASURE T IS DIVISIVEMeasure T is divisive to our community. It divides it into three groups. 1) Those who owe a home and pay the taxes, 2. Those who do not live in a home but vote to impose the tax on the first group and 3. Those who are exempt which also can vote to impose the tax on the first group. If you are in the second group and do not have to pay the taxes, please refrain from imposing it on a homeowner or Vote NO on Measure T IF YOU RENT A HOME OR APARTMENT YOU NEED TO VOTE NO ON MEASURE TLandlords no doubt will pass the new permanent parcel tax on to you and you rent will go way up every year because the parcel tax increases every year.The tax does not decrease in years of recession, if property values fall, or if funding from other sources is more than enough to cover district employees salaries. |
NEVER GIVE THE POLITICIANS ON THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS INFINITE ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY
MEASURE T DOES THAT BECAUSE IT IS FOREVER