Last year there were three evil $1 per car fee/taxes proposed by Sherrif Ed Bonner and the Placer County Sherrif’s department. Around the same time was a debate about Landfill tipping fees.

To start off, the RINO supervisors voted to reduce the tipping fees at the landfill.As a result of the reduction that averaged $11 per person – it has cancelled almost all of the effect of increased costs of diesel fuel. Despite diesel fuel going up some 30%, trash collection fees have only gone up an average of $1.37 per address in Placer County.

That alone is a good case for the re-election of Bruce Kranz and Kirk Uhler. I like RINO’s like that.

Evil $1 tax/fee number three – the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program was withdrawan by Sheriff Bonner and the department after Kirk’s questioning. That is correct – when they could not justify the fee/tax increase to Kirk – they pulled the proposal and have not brought it back.

Evil $1 tax/fee number two – Fingerprinting Equipment in Police Cars. Kirk was the lone no vote in a 4-1 vote in favor. Kirk felt that the money could be found in the budget without having to increase the car fee/tax. At that, the effeciency of having the equipment has aided law enforcement considerably in the field.

Evil $1 tax/fee number one – Joint Vehicle Theft Task Force.

This passed 5-0, in the 11 months it has been in effect… the $300K that has been raised has resulted in $835,000 in recoveries in stolen vehicles. If government could produce those kinds of results with taxes/fees, our taxes/fees would be quite low all the way around.

Your Auto Insurance rates will also reflect this – since 7/1 of last year…

Safeco took a 14.5% reduction in Placer County
Oregon Mutual 20%
Unitrin Specialty 33%
Traveler’s twice, totalling about 12% – targeted sepcifically to Placer County
Hartford changed Placer into their least expensive territory effectively lowering rates 7%

These numbers reflect that Placer has received larger reductions in Comprehensive rates (that part that covers auto theft) than surrounding counties.

This compares to the Auto Insruance Market as a whole which has flattened out. (some carriers have raised rates)

Meantime – in Sacramento County, my car was vandalized recently and my wife’s car was broken into a month ago. The perps could have stolen either car if they wanted to.

Rates in Sacramento County are some 15% higher than Placer all things being the same.

Thanks to the RINO supervisors Bruce Kranz and Kirk Uhler – my wife and I are motivated to move back to Roseville so our cars stay in one piece.

In conclusion – while getting assailed over the two $1 fee/tax increases the Supervisors are denied any credit for policies that froze out alomst all of the effects of fuel costs on trash collection.

While getting assailed over the two $1 fee/tax increases, the Supervisors are denied any credit for the effects of said fees leading to Auto Insruance reductions. Reductions that are greater than all surrounding counties – suggesting that Placer has done something special to warrant that treatment… the Task Force?