Placer County Republican Party Takes Positions on Local Ballot Measures
Posted by Aaron Park on December 29, 2007 at 03:45 PM
Measure E – Dry Creek School Bond – NO
This is a fiscally-irresponsible $67.3 million school bond for the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District in the Roseville area. This District has adequate funding and their revenues are growing rapidly, so they have no business asking taxpayers take on additional debt.
Measure F – South Placer Fire “Tax” – NO
UPDATED 1/3/2008
Measure F – Spending Limit Exemption for the South Placer Fire Protection District – NO
This ballot measure would exempt the South Placer Fire Protection District from the Gann Spending Limit. District officials insist that this measure will not lead to future parcel tax increases or benefit assessments, and no such taxes and fees have been proposed by staff or by the District’s Board of Directors. However, this measure would allow the District to continue to spend more than the California Constitution would otherwise allow and we oppose it on that basis.
Measure G – Loomis School Bond – NO
This is a fiscally-irresponsible $17.7 million school bond for the Loomis Union School District . This well-funded District needs to prioritize its spending, rather than demanding higher taxes every year.
Measure H -Clover Valley Development in Rocklin YESFor many years, environmental wackos and “no-growthers” have opposed every plan to develop the privately-owned land in Clover Valley, which has been slated for development for a generation. The Rocklin City Council finally approved a dramatically scaled-back development plan, with widespread community support, but leftist radicals gathered signatures to force it onto the ballot. If this measure fails, the land owners will either demand full payment for the private land that they have not be allowed to development (which would be astronomically expensive and un-affordable for a small city like Rocklin) OR they will take back all the compromises and build a much larger development that the environmental wackos will hate even more. For the sake of private property rights, voters need to support Measure H.
Measure J – Rocklin Park Tax Increase – No
This is an unnecessary and unfair parcel tax that the proponents have tried to disguise as the mere continuation of an existing tax that was about to expire. In fact, this measure would increase the expiring tax by 50% from $30 per parcel to $45 per parcel (regardless of size, value, or benefits received), then increase the tax every single year to adjust for inflation. In a small city whose budget has doubled in five years, the proponents are pretending that the only way they can fund parks is to increase taxes, despite the fact that most city residents already pay enormous Mello-Roos bonds and developer fees to pay for these same parks.
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Do you live in the Dry Creek School District? Basically, the projects are to bring the schools up to date with current technology. Our children will be competing against people from all over the world for their jobs. They need to be prepared to accept this challenge. Most new schools being built have these infrastructures built in. Business frequently keep up with technology improvements to stay competative. I want my children to have the best possible education, including having access to current techonology.
The argument of weather I live in the Dry Creek School district is the standard attack we get when we oppose School Bond Tax increases.
Every election cycle this club and those on the Placer County Republican Central Committee hear the same thing. I will tell you that both the Placer CRA and the Placer GOP have members in every school district and are therefore representative of the entire county.
We also hear the arguments about needing the money to catch up and make upgrades.
Where is the money the district is currently receiving being spent? Have they shown you that state mandates are killing their budget? Have they subjected their books to an exhaustive audit to justify their expenses for the last several years?
This is what a lender would ask if a business owner went to them for more money to expand and catch their business up with technology.
You should ask the district for the same – that may be more than the Teacher’s Union will allow.
Until Dry Creek or any other School District can prove that they have spent our money wisely and efficiently and are still short of funds even after – there is no basis to support giving them more of our money.
I don’t get your point. I guess you missed the part where over 50% of the state’s budget goes to K-12 alone. Or the fact that Mello Roos is yet ANOTHER tax on property which funds schools, so why do they need EVEN more of our money? Like I wrote above they don’t spend it wisely so it’s not my problem the schools are up to date. If you want your kids to complete, ask Bush why he’s outsourcing our jobs overseas???
These are all no brainers. The government cannot spend our tax dollars wisely so giving them more of our money is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenagers. Vote NO on all state issued bonds.
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