Did you hear that the trash collection fee money for 1000 new cops was only used to hire 300 new cops -- and the rest of the money went for something else.
Did you hear that the City is absuing their authority in violation of the law every time they use the "Special Event Fee Waiver" for something other than a free event, open to the public, with community benefit. It has turned into a complete subversion of it's initial intent, and a RICO/Racketeering violation some believe.
Did you hear that LA County lost out on $320 million in Federal money for the Gold Line, because instead of putting up $80 million to get the matching $320 million -- they chose to wait and see the results of a half cent (or maybe even one cent) sales tax to pay for this project.
THIS MEANS THE GOLD LINE IS NOW ON HOLD UNTIL THE MONEY IS APRPOVED BY VOTERS. AND IF IT IS NOT APPROVED BY VOTERS...WHO KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO COMPLETE THIS THING.
Meanwhile, THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING PROJECTS THEY APPROVED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE BUILDING HOUSING ALONG THE GOLD LINE, WILL STILL BE BUILT AS PLANNED!
So get ready for massive traffic havock of a truly unsafe level. And the Federal goverment will have to step in to do something drastic in a few years, because all of this density will cause such massive traffic congestion -- the U.S. will not be able to move goods out of the Ports of L.A., down the 710 and across the rest of the freeways on their way across America.
BUT BACK ON POINT:
Now Los Angeles City Council has added a "property parcel tax" to help raise $30 million for "youth development"; plus the forementioned new sales tax to pay for infrastructure (like Gold Line) -- PLUS ALL THE NEW STATE TAXES ON THE BALLOT...
AND I THINK IT'S CLEAR:
YOU MUST VOTE "NO" ON ALL NEW TAXES ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
Look what happened with Prop S (phone and internet tax). The mayor threatened to cut 700 jobs and scared and decieved voters with shady ballot language (they made it sound like a reduction) -- only to have no jobs cut.
IT'S ALWAYS A DIVERSION!
IT'S ALWAYS "ONE HOOK IN" -- THEN EXPAND AND DIVERT.
These are just a few examples off the top of my head where they scare you into the money for things like infrastructure, kids, elderly, homeless, low-income, schools, gangs, (insert good warm and fuzzy cause here) --
ONLY FOR A REPORT TO COME OUT A YEAR LATER THAT THE MONEY WAS USED FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT IT WAS EARMARKED FOR.
AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER WARM AND FUZZY REASON THEY CLAIM THEY HAD TO SPEND IT ON. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS IT IS NOT UP TO A FEW PEOPLE AT CITY HALL TO DECIDE THAT THE MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE.
Zuma Dogg says as part of the "Mayor 09: Take Back the City" Campaign -- we start by saying, "Hell Naw!" to all these new taxes they are putting on the ballot at the state and local level.
* THEY HAVE THE MONEY!
* THEY ARE USING SCARE TACTICS AS A SHAKEDOWN!
* THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THEY ASK YOU FOR MORE MONEY!
* WITH DEMING'S 14 POINTS, YOU'D BE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE!
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