tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post4822418676902033682..comments2023-04-01T08:49:45.052-07:00Comments on East Bay Conservative: Oakland No Longer Collecting Measure Y Funds?The Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650604704513105339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-78662238762354347472010-10-21T15:25:09.000-07:002010-10-21T15:25:09.000-07:00Well, My Oakland Hills conservative friend you mak...Well, My Oakland Hills conservative friend you make me laugh as oppossed to when I get my Oakland tax bill I want to cry. The highest taxes and I cannot send my child to my district school (and how do my neighbors send their kids to Crocker Highlands elementary but were not in that district?), the roads to my house are in horrendous condition, the library is small and feeble (Lakeshore Branch), the police don't do service calls, AC transit has cut its service...Thanks for your website and p[ostingsSF2OAKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-32392012505023669742010-10-12T02:05:26.000-07:002010-10-12T02:05:26.000-07:00I can't take credit for the City's decisio...I can't take credit for the City's decision to halt collection of Measure Y taxes. The City has always admitted that if they lay off officers, then they are not "appropriating" the money required by Measure Y, and that they need to stop collecting the tax. So when the City made the idiotic decision to lay off 80 officers in June, that meant bye bye Measure Y - at least for now. But if Measure BB passes, you'll start paying the tax again, without any police staffing or budget appropriations requirements. That means you could be paying an extra $90 a year for a police force that is around HALF of what most people agree it should be. Tell everybody you know to VOTE NO!MarleenLeehttp://defendingmeasurey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com