Monday, August 6, 2007
Vote NO on ALL the Propositions!
The recent King County Local Primary Voters' Pamphlet describes two propositions for King County and two propositions for the City of Redmond. To keep this short, I'm going to use the abbreviation of "1KofAV" for the phrase "$1000 of Assessed Valuation"
King County Prop1 renews a County Tax Levy on Property Owners for park maintenance. The statement "for" the Proposition claims this levy will cost the "average household just $20 per year". This is an increase of $0.05 per 1kofAV.
King County Prop2 is an additional property tax to fund improvements at Woodland Park Zoo and regional trails. Again, the statement "for" claims this levy will "cost a family living in a typical home only $20 a year". This is also an increase of $0.05 per 1kofAV.
City of Redmond Prop 1 is a "Levy for Public Safety Funding". This increases the city's tax rate by $0.35 per 1kofAV. (Thiry five cents per 1000? That's a HUGE increase!)
Finally, Redmond Prop 2 is a "Levy for Parks and Recreation Funding". This is another increase of $0.05 per 1kof AV.
For the math challenged, if all four of these propositions pass, then voters will have increased their property taxes by $0.50 per 1kofAV. If your assessed propery value is $400,000 or more you will be paying at least an additional $200 in property taxes each year. That's a huge increase!
These levys have been brought before us because the county and city officials couldn't figure out where to cut their budgets. So they cut programs that were very desirable and marketable (public safety and parks) and turned to us to increase their funding!
According the the City of Redmond Statement of Revenues and Expenditures for 2006, the city had revenues in excess of $93 millon with over $11 million left over! Isn't $11 million enough? Why do they need even more??? If I'm reading the The King County Statement of Revenues and Expenditures correctly, the county had revenues of over $1.4 billion! Good Lord! That's lots of play money, isn't it?
Only it isn't play money, it's your money and it's my money.
I can do what the local politicians cannot: Manage my own budget. I can't afford to add an additional $200 in spending this year, so I'll vote NO for all four of these propositions. I hope you will, too!
Primary is on Tuesday, August 21st 2007. VOTE NO!
King County Prop1 renews a County Tax Levy on Property Owners for park maintenance. The statement "for" the Proposition claims this levy will cost the "average household just $20 per year". This is an increase of $0.05 per 1kofAV.
King County Prop2 is an additional property tax to fund improvements at Woodland Park Zoo and regional trails. Again, the statement "for" claims this levy will "cost a family living in a typical home only $20 a year". This is also an increase of $0.05 per 1kofAV.
City of Redmond Prop 1 is a "Levy for Public Safety Funding". This increases the city's tax rate by $0.35 per 1kofAV. (Thiry five cents per 1000? That's a HUGE increase!)
Finally, Redmond Prop 2 is a "Levy for Parks and Recreation Funding". This is another increase of $0.05 per 1kof AV.
For the math challenged, if all four of these propositions pass, then voters will have increased their property taxes by $0.50 per 1kofAV. If your assessed propery value is $400,000 or more you will be paying at least an additional $200 in property taxes each year. That's a huge increase!
These levys have been brought before us because the county and city officials couldn't figure out where to cut their budgets. So they cut programs that were very desirable and marketable (public safety and parks) and turned to us to increase their funding!
According the the City of Redmond Statement of Revenues and Expenditures for 2006, the city had revenues in excess of $93 millon with over $11 million left over! Isn't $11 million enough? Why do they need even more??? If I'm reading the The King County Statement of Revenues and Expenditures correctly, the county had revenues of over $1.4 billion! Good Lord! That's lots of play money, isn't it?
Only it isn't play money, it's your money and it's my money.
I can do what the local politicians cannot: Manage my own budget. I can't afford to add an additional $200 in spending this year, so I'll vote NO for all four of these propositions. I hope you will, too!
Primary is on Tuesday, August 21st 2007. VOTE NO!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Pillbox's Breakfast Rants and Raves - Sun 8/5/07
They're making more of the Ted Stephens deal than they did of the Democrat that was caught w/$100k in his freezer, and I've never seen anything in the paper about Harry Reid's problems.
I heard Rush Limbaugh say this week "It takes guts to be a conservative." Here, here. The Democrats have for years made fun of conservatives, and they don't like talk radio because now the shoe is on the other foot.
The new Democrat party has become a party of men-haters. That's why they hate Bush. He's a man. He's strong, and they hate that. He bends but he doesn't break. He's compromised a few times, and the Democrats have screwed him (No child left behind and the Prescription drug plan). So now he won't cross the line, and the Democrats would rather give in to Muslim extremists than to cooperate with the President and support our mission in Iraq.
Sean Penn is visiting Hugo Chavez. How ironic. Does he think that Chavez would see him if he wasn't a famous, wealthy American? He wouldn't have time to see one of his own people, or an ordinary American. I think that the Democrats admire the control that dictators have. They'd like that for themselves. They love Chavez, Fidel, and even Stalin. FDR had some of Stalin's people in his government. He called Stalin "Uncle Joe"! Scary.
No Surrender by Bruce Chapman on The Seattle Times Opinion page.
"Withdrawal from the middle east will lead to a bloodbath..."
This guy tells it like it is. I appreciate that. He doesn't pander to the nattering nabobs. His assessment is so obvious to the people who pay attention, rather than looking for things to be critical of.
INDY ADDS: The Barbary War was the first Middle Eastern Conlfict our nation became involved in when the Barbary pirates demanded ransom for captured US Sailors and merchantmen. President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay...
Oooh. Good. Breakfast is ready!
Enjoy your Sunday!
I heard Rush Limbaugh say this week "It takes guts to be a conservative." Here, here. The Democrats have for years made fun of conservatives, and they don't like talk radio because now the shoe is on the other foot.
The new Democrat party has become a party of men-haters. That's why they hate Bush. He's a man. He's strong, and they hate that. He bends but he doesn't break. He's compromised a few times, and the Democrats have screwed him (No child left behind and the Prescription drug plan). So now he won't cross the line, and the Democrats would rather give in to Muslim extremists than to cooperate with the President and support our mission in Iraq.
Sean Penn is visiting Hugo Chavez. How ironic. Does he think that Chavez would see him if he wasn't a famous, wealthy American? He wouldn't have time to see one of his own people, or an ordinary American. I think that the Democrats admire the control that dictators have. They'd like that for themselves. They love Chavez, Fidel, and even Stalin. FDR had some of Stalin's people in his government. He called Stalin "Uncle Joe"! Scary.
No Surrender by Bruce Chapman on The Seattle Times Opinion page.
"Withdrawal from the middle east will lead to a bloodbath..."
This guy tells it like it is. I appreciate that. He doesn't pander to the nattering nabobs. His assessment is so obvious to the people who pay attention, rather than looking for things to be critical of.
INDY ADDS: The Barbary War was the first Middle Eastern Conlfict our nation became involved in when the Barbary pirates demanded ransom for captured US Sailors and merchantmen. President Thomas Jefferson refused to pay...
Oooh. Good. Breakfast is ready!
Enjoy your Sunday!
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Pillbox's Breakfast Rants and Raves - Sat 8/4/07
Item 1: Energy Legislation -
The Democrats can't resist another opportunity to screw up the economy. The result of this proposed legislation will be higher gas and oil prices. And, it will ultimately decrease the amount of money that will come into the fed govt. When the economy slows, the amount of revenue falls. Which maybe isn't a bad thing, for the federal govt to get less money. But they're pandering to the ignorant and the uninformed. The anticapitalist wing of the Democrat party which has become practically the whole Democrat party.
Item 2: MN and Iraq
Jamieson links the bridge collapse in Minnesota to the Iraq war! You've got to be kidding me! He's pathetic! It's just ignorance, and a lack of understanding of the importance of this war. It seems impossible for the Democrats to look at the long term. This war is the most important thing in the world right now. What happens there will set the stage for decades.
He claims that the money spent on the war could have been spent on local problems. That's just hogwash. We've already got so much money that goes into the government (local, state, and federal)! Local government officials in MN decided to build a new stadium, rather than building a new bridge. They've known about the bridge since 1990 (17 years for you who can't do the math!)
Fixing a bridge won't get you reelected and building a new stadium will.
Doing what's right won't get you reelected, dividing the country will.
Democrats decided in 04 that it was more important to get reelected than to do the right thing for this country.
Here's Jamieson continuing that divide, and once again pandering to the ignorant.
Pillbox
The Democrats can't resist another opportunity to screw up the economy. The result of this proposed legislation will be higher gas and oil prices. And, it will ultimately decrease the amount of money that will come into the fed govt. When the economy slows, the amount of revenue falls. Which maybe isn't a bad thing, for the federal govt to get less money. But they're pandering to the ignorant and the uninformed. The anticapitalist wing of the Democrat party which has become practically the whole Democrat party.
Item 2: MN and Iraq
Jamieson links the bridge collapse in Minnesota to the Iraq war! You've got to be kidding me! He's pathetic! It's just ignorance, and a lack of understanding of the importance of this war. It seems impossible for the Democrats to look at the long term. This war is the most important thing in the world right now. What happens there will set the stage for decades.
He claims that the money spent on the war could have been spent on local problems. That's just hogwash. We've already got so much money that goes into the government (local, state, and federal)! Local government officials in MN decided to build a new stadium, rather than building a new bridge. They've known about the bridge since 1990 (17 years for you who can't do the math!)
Fixing a bridge won't get you reelected and building a new stadium will.
Doing what's right won't get you reelected, dividing the country will.
Democrats decided in 04 that it was more important to get reelected than to do the right thing for this country.
Here's Jamieson continuing that divide, and once again pandering to the ignorant.
Pillbox
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