ON TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2001 - VOTE NO ON MEASURE D

	SAN BRUNO RESIDENTS
	THE SAN BRUNO BEACON RECOMMENDS THAT ON TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2001 SAN BRUNO VOTERS VOTE NO ON MEASURE D MEASURE D EQUALS HIGHER TAXES Polls open at 7 A.M. / Polls close at 8 P.M.
CLICK HERE to send your e-mail messages to the SAN BRUNO BEACON		GET YOUR NO ON MEA- SURE D FLIER AND WIN- DOW SIGN ONLINE Let your friends and neighbors in San Bruno know about Measure by giving them a NO ON D flier & window sign. To download a flier and/or window sign that you can print out, click on the links below: CLICK HERE for a NO ON D window sign CLICK HERE for a NO ON D flier The NO ON D files are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. CLICK HERE to download a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader. IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE D MAY NOT BE IMPARTIAL The "IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEA- SURE D" that appears in the Sample Ballot & Voter Information Pamphlet, that was dis- tributed to San Bruno's voters by the San Mateo Registration-Elections Division at tax- payer's expense, was written by San Bruno's City Attorney Jonathan P. Lowell. IS MR. LOWELL'S ANALYSIS REALLY IMPARTIAL? We visited the THE SAN BRUNO LIBRARY FOUNDATION homepage and found that Mr. Lowell is listed as a member of the San Bruno Library Foundation Board of Directors. The LIBRARY FOUNDATION site states: "The Foundation is being established in order- to raise funds for a new library" "It is anticipated that the Foundation will......be able to convince the City and other governmen- tal agencies of the need to provide the additional financing to complete the project." In his capacity as City Attorney, Lowell writes the impartial analysis for the Measure D bond issue. Do his ties to the Library Foundation create a con- flict of interest? Should the "Impartial Analysis of Measure D have been written by a "neutral" third party? In our opinion, Lowell's writing of the im- partial analysis of San Bruno's Measure D Library Bond Measure raises a lot of questions. CLICK HERE to send your e-mail messages to the San Brunans for Better Government
WE THINK MEASURE D = FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY THE SAN BRUNO CITY COUNCIL, BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, WANTS TO RAISE YOUR PROPERTY TAXES FOR 30 YEARS, to buy a new library and land to put it on. San Bruno already has a library built on land owned by the City. P.G.& E. RATES ARE SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES ARE HEADING TOWARD $3.00 PER GALLON, AND THE COST OF LIVING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MAY BE THE HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU ALSO WANT HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES NOW AND FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS? Many economic indicators show that the U.S. economy is at the threshold of what could be a devastating economic recession. Whether you consider your family budget or the City of San Bru- no's budget, common sense dictates that when economic times get tough you don't create more debt; you pay down debt and reduce spending. To do otherwise is financially irresponsible. However, by unanimous vote, San Bruno's City Council supports and asks you to approve, a $14,000,000 thirty year debt that will increase property taxes for San Bruno's homeowners at a time when energy costs are skyrocketing, job losses are escalating, the stock markets are melting, & the cost of living in the San Francis- co Bay Area is outrageously high. Landlords can pass through Measure D taxes to renters in the form of higher rents. According to the 02/27/2001 Council Minutes Mea- sure D requires San Bruno's homeowners to pay $36.24 per $100,- 000 of assessed valuation in additional taxes for 30 years. 2001/2002 PROPERTY TAXES WILL INCLUDE: (1) General Property tax rate =1% of a property's assessed valuation; (2) Approximately $16.83 per $100,000 of assessed valuation in property taxes (for approximately 40 years) to pay the San Mateo Union High School District bond measure passed in 2000. (3) Federal/State Storm Fund tax and (4) taxes to pay a San Bruno Park School District bond. As your property's assessed valuation increases, so do your taxes! In addition to the taxes mentioned in the previous paragraph, home- owners with property having an assessed valuation of $200,000 to $800,000 pay Measure D taxes of about $72.48 to $289.92 each year for 30 years totaling $2,174 - $8,697, or more, to buy a new library and land to put it on. San Bruno already has a library built on land owned by the City.
Copyright © 2001 by Bill Baker