Posted by
Mark on Friday, November 30, 2007 5:50:43 PM
It was nice to hear that the pro-tax advocates Rocklin Mayor Kathy Lund and Rocklin City Councilman Scott Yuill have decided not to push for the ¼ sales tax increase in Placer County for highway projects. The down side is they are planning to bring the issue back again in 2010.
I upsets me that these 2 Republicans are tried to take money out of our pockets. Next time you go to fill your car up take a look on the fuel pump and see how much money we are sending to Washington and Sacramento in taxes for each gallon of gas. Do not forget you are also paying the sales tax on each gallon of gas.
These 2 tax and spend Republicans say we need the money to widen the highways because of all the traffic. Maybe Mayor Lund and Councilman Yuill should of thought about that before all the growth they have approved over the years. This is especially true with Mayor Lund. But what would you expect since they both received most of their campaign donations from the developers.
I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent at the intersection of Highway 80 and Rocklin Road, just to move some rocks and dirt around?
The Rocklin Park Development and Maintenance tax has existed since 1987. It is scheduled to expire in 2009. This will not happen if Councilman Scott Yuill succeeds in getting the tax extended. Nobody denies that the parks in Rocklin are very nice. But why do we need a tax for every program? Scott Yuill will tell you if we do not have this tax will not be able to maintain the current status of our parks. Everyone should take a look at his or her property tax bill. Besides the tax on your property, you see a numerous taxes for the Rocklin Unified School District, the city of Rocklin CFD 1, 2, and 3, Placer Mosquito & Vector Control, City of Rocklin LLD 2. The City of Rocklin plus the Rocklin Unified School District already taxes us enough. Why not let the park tax expire? Tell them to take the money out of the general fund for park maintenance.
Remember that Mr. Yuill already supports the Rocklin Unified School District taxing you for a school they do not let you attend. I will have more on that issue on my next posting.
People are concerned that if Democrat Charlie Brown is elected, it will add to another tax and spend politician to Congress. Maybe Charlie will try to raise taxes or maybe he won’t. Today, we need to be concerned with the tax and spend Republicans like Mayor Kathy Lund and Councilman Scott Yuill. It is getting very difficult to tell the difference between who is a Republican and who is a Democrat.