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Be Wary of Proposed Split Roll Property Tax Change to Prop. 13 Written by Wayne Lusvardi Monday, June 06, 2005 - ChronWatch.com Californians should be wary of a ballot-initiative now being circulated for the June 2006 election that would split in two the State property tax protections of Proposition 13. The California Tax Fairness Act would split the property tax rolls into two separate rates – one for homeowners who would retain Proposition 13 "locked-in" tax rates; and another for commercial property owners (e.g., businesses, stores, industrial land owners) whose taxes would be based on annually reassessed property values. Proposition...

As a longtime observer of government, I've come to realize that no matter how much public money one gives to any government agency or group of government workers, it will absolutely, positively not be enough. The unions representing the agency's workers will always cry poor-mouth, always find ways to shake down the taxpayer for more money. California's public school system consumes more than 40 percent of the budget, guaranteed by constitutional decree, and the governor's budget would increase educationspending by more than 7 percent, yet we've all witnessed the California Teachers Association and its unceasing anti-Arnold rallies and overheated "you're...