The same thing is happening in Salinas. The press conferences, the snivelling and the threatening is in high gear. They saw what happened in Santa Claus County. And, if it can happen there, it can happen anywhere.
It's kind of funny to see people getting jacked on their PG&E bill and the liberals telling them paying more is better, especially with the power situation and the PG&E bankruptcy. Utility taxes are definately not a popular idea.
I hope the Republicans in the state legislature axe the car tax. These municipal governments have gotten out of control. With a 2/3 majority vote as leverage, they had better do something. I hope all this chaos is played right so the Demroncrat losses filter down to the local levels. I'm so tired of these special districts in addition to the counties and citties...
Dead on. The reality is that no one paying the taxes in this state wants to keep paying and getting nothing back except subsidized housing and general welfare.
The amazing thing is how little effort was expended, how clueless the Republican party was in pushing the whole thing. They literally got broadsided in the month before the election: I think the opposition had a final tally of spending $400,000 to fight Measure M, and the Repugnants spent maybe $60,000. And still it passed by a comfy margin.
It tells me that there is far more support among the electorate for tax relief than the socialists here might suspect, but that our side is utterly incapable of organizing to make it happen. If you want to help the process along in Salinas, be as vocal as possible and be prepared for an all assault. They want your money and they will do anything to get it.