The campaign for Measure H is has really gotten dirty.  Rocklin voters need to stick together and VOTE NO ON MEASUE H.  I called the effort to save Clover Valley a case study in democracy.  Today, I received a letter in the mail from my Republican Party that said, “THIS ISN’T DEMOCRACY, IT’S VANDALISM.”  In the letter they showed pictures of the signs that were vandalized.  I can understand that some members of the Republican Party do support Measure H.  However, I am very surprised and disappointed that Tom, Hudson, Chairman of the Placer County Republican Party and George Park, President of the Placer Republican Assembly would sign their names to this vandalism letter.  BTW - Where is your letter condeming the Rocklin School Board for their anti-school choice vote last week? 

I know the The Save Clover Valley Group would not be out vandalizing the Yes on Measure H signs.  Their campaign has not been this successful by playing dirty politics.  Kids with a spray paint can, may have committed the vandalism.  I believe the people that are supporting the Yes on H vandalized their own signs.  Just take a look at the PR they are trying to gain by mailing a flyer that shows a picture of their sign vandalized.  I would like to remind the voters that in the 2004 school board campaign Rocklin Mayor Brett Storey kept taking my campaign sign out of my yard and throwing it over my fence.  I actually had to call the City of Rocklin and put out a press release to the Placer Herald to make him stop.  During the 2006 school board campaign, Steve Paul, the “Grand Poobah,” of the Rocklin School Board was caught removing my signs.  A Rocklin citizen wrote a letter to the editor of the Placer Herald about Steve Paul removing my signs.  We do have a case history of these 2 removing other people’s signs.

Besides stopping the destruction of Clover Valley, a NO VOTE ON MEASURE H will start to bring about the political change that is needed in Rocklin.  It will provide us an opportunity to have 3 new city council members in November. 

If Measure H is approved, and after the November election, I believe the Rocklin City Council has a plan to raise our taxes.  Do not believe them when they tell us that the developing Clover Valley is good for Rocklin.  The developing of Clover Valley will require a much larger infrastructure.  They claim 1 million dollars will be donated to build a new fire station.  A new fire station will probably cost 5 - 10 million dollars.  After you spend the 5 - 10 million dollars, who is going to pay for the men and the women that will work at this fire station?  Who is going to pay for the new fire truck and all the equipment required to operate this new station?  I can guarantee it will not be the Thunder Valley Casino.  It will not be the developer.  It is going to be the people of Rocklin.  The Rocklin City Council will raise our taxes.  Kevin “dictator” Brown, the Rocklin School District Superintendent and the Steve Paul, the “Grand Poobah” may ask us to pass another bond for more schools.  Hear is an example of what an average person pays for in just the City of Rocklin and Rocklin Unified School District taxes.

Rocklin Unif B & I 1991 = $136.02

Rocklin Unif B & I 1998 = $  34.78

Rocklin Unif School CFD#1 MR = $701.40

City of Rocklin LLD #2 =  $84.76

City of Rocklin CFD #1 MR = $70.00

City of Rocklin CFD #2 MR = $68.72

City of Rocklin Park Dev & Maint = $30.00

City of Rocklin CFD #3 MR = $449.38

This is a grand total of $1,575 per year.  How do I know this?  This came off my property tax bill for 2007.  These are only the Rocklin specific taxes.  This number does not include the property tax on your house.  How long do you think it will take for the Rocklin City Council to impose another tax?  They are already trying with Measure J.  I believe it will happen after the November election if Measure H passes.  Just like the half-truths put out by the Yes on Measure H campaign, the Rocklin City Council will raise our taxes.    

The Save Clover Valley Group has raised and spent around $70,000.  The Rocklin Alliance for Open Space has spent almost $500,000.  They are now running TV adds.  They are trying to get everyone in the good ‘ol boys network to sign on to Yes on Measure.  They have the members of the Rocklin School Board, and Bill Halldin, past President of the Sierra College Foundation misleading the voters on Measure H.  Remember, Mr. Halldin is lock in step with the anti-school choice Rocklin School Board.  Word on the street is Bill “anti-choice” Halldin wants to take Jerry Simmons’ spot on the Sierra College Board.  Once the people of Rocklin know more about the, Bill “I know more about your child then you do” Halldin, Sierra College voters will never elected a person like this to their board.  We will provide additional information on the Sierra College race as the candidates start to emerge.

Do you want the Thunder Valley Casino pulling the strings of the Rocklin City Council members?  Do you want Massie and Company pulling the strings of the Rocklin City Council.  That is what is going to happen if Measure H passes.  For the Rocklin Alliance for Open Space (how deceptive to use this name when hundreds of homes, destruction of trees and a major highway through Rocklin will only create less space) to spend around $500,000 and counting proves they are very concerned about loosing on February  5.  They continue to spend like a drunken sailor trying every deceptive trick in the dirty political handbook to fool Rocklin voters.  Change is in the wind.  We will make it official on February 5 and then look to November with 3 new city council members. 

Remember to Vote No On Measure H.