I received this email from a regular reader:
“Just received an auto-poll call:
Male voice – ‘We are conducting a survey in Grass Valley. Would you support a 1/4 percent sales tax increase in the next election for public safety?’
1 for yes, 2 for no.”
This poll comes amid well-publicized cutbacks in the Grass Valley Police Department.
I doubt such a tax would fly. Heck, I think the fire assessment, which I support, will be a struggle to pass, because we’ve gone overboard with the “anti-tax” mindset.
But in light of what’s going inside, not just outside of, our gated communities — “Armed Lake Wildwood Man Apprehended” (a school went into lockdown) — I wonder if “public safety” will gain more visibility.
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Imagine if there was a sudden uptick in reported crimes and arrests between now and the November election to justify or guide the public to support….just saying’.
Hmmmm, the POLICE be a Tea Party favorite son??? Outlier in the loud NEVER for increasing taxes??? Or calls to make cuts in, hmmm, mental health, to give the POPO bigger bucks?
Not in our fare city/county, say it ain’t so Joe (Jeff)!
The Union is reporting on this today:
http://www.theunion.com/article/20120220/NEWS/120219780/1066&ParentProfile=1053