Comments on: Vote No On Oakland’s LLAD Increase http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/ Words from a Non-Leftist Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Charles Pine http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1851 Charles Pine Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:05:03 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1851 Real people voted the LLAD increase down, but the City rigged a majority yes vote. See http://www.orpn.org/LLAD_B05.htm Real people voted the LLAD increase down, but the City rigged a majority yes vote.
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http://www.orpn.org/LLAD_B05.htm

]]> By: TheBoss http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1687 TheBoss Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:53:17 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1687 Good for you. One thing I forgot to mention is the simple fact that, should this one pass, we'll just be faced with more and more of them. All voting yes does is encourage them. The parade of programs and "needs" never ends. The only solution is to turn off the spigot. Good for you. One thing I forgot to mention is the simple fact that, should this one pass, we’ll just be faced with more and more of them. All voting yes does is encourage them. The parade of programs and “needs” never ends.

The only solution is to turn off the spigot.

]]> By: below580 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1686 below580 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:38:19 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2008/04/07/vote-no-on-oaklands-llad-increase/#comment-1686 The city of Oakland has it's hand in my pocket for absolutely EVERYTHING. First it was the city's housing transfer tax...neither my husband or I had ever heard of that one before. Then it was the telephone tax. Did you know that everyone in Oakland pays a special tax just to own a cell phone and live in Oakland, never heard of that one before either, but a good way to tax renters. Then there was Measure Y, we all know how well that one worked for us, then Measure N for the nice, new library downtown (although my below 580 neighborhood doesn't have any library at all) and after that it was the LLAD special tax attempt #1, not to be confused with this #2 attempt, which I'm sure will be followed by #5, #27, #88, etc, etc. Boy, there is one thing Oakland is really good at and that is taking the money of hard working Oakland homeowners. I have never lived in a city that over-taxes residents like Oakland does. Keep in mind, Oakland is not filled with a lot of rich people, unless Deborah Edgerly and some of her city colleagues live here, which I kind of doubt. She probably lives in Danville with E40 and a good portion of the OPD. At my house we have already sent back our LLAD ballot. We voted on this ballot the same way we voted on Measure Y, Measure N and the LLAD tax attempt #2. We voted no. We will continue to vote no on each and every tax this corrupt government tries to extort from us. I urge you to do the same. The city of Oakland has it’s hand in my pocket for absolutely EVERYTHING. First it was the city’s housing transfer tax…neither my husband or I had ever heard of that one before. Then it was the telephone tax. Did you know that everyone in Oakland pays a special tax just to own a cell phone and live in Oakland, never heard of that one before either, but a good way to tax renters.

Then there was Measure Y, we all know how well that one worked for us, then Measure N for the nice, new library downtown (although my below 580 neighborhood doesn’t have any library at all) and after that it was the LLAD special tax attempt #1, not to be confused with this #2 attempt, which I’m sure will be followed by #5, #27, #88, etc, etc.

Boy, there is one thing Oakland is really good at and that is taking the money of hard working Oakland homeowners. I have never lived in a city that over-taxes residents like Oakland does. Keep in mind, Oakland is not filled with a lot of rich people, unless Deborah Edgerly and some of her city colleagues live here, which I kind of doubt. She probably lives in Danville with E40 and a good portion of the OPD.

At my house we have already sent back our LLAD ballot. We voted on this ballot the same way we voted on Measure Y, Measure N and the LLAD tax attempt #2. We voted no. We will continue to vote no on each and every tax this corrupt government tries to extort from us. I urge you to do the same.

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