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Local electeds must confront Sacramento Tax Bandits in 2010
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This past Tuesday, the South Bay voted on tax measures that municipalities claimed were needed to make up for funds taken by Sacramento. City council and school board members gave their endorsements for these and pleaded with constituents to replenish what Sacramento took in legislative action earlier this year. This was a fair argument, but I believe voters saw it differently. Our state legislators that voted to take these precious funds were endorsed by many of the same local leaders that asked taxpayers to make up the difference through these local measures. If our local leaders are truly upset about Sacramento taking their budget funds, they need to have the courage in 2010 to call out these Sacramento "tax bandits" and hold them accountable.
In the South Bay, Sen. Jenny Oropeza and Assemblymember Ted Lieu must be held accountable for Sacramento taking local budget funds. Both Oropeza and Lieu refused to defend our cities and school boards from that taking to balance a bloated state budget, and instead favored their special interests over the interests of their constituents. The burden was being transferred to local taxpayers though measures like Redondo Beach's Measure UU to make up for their lack of fiscal discipline.
Continuing to support legislators who refuse to trim Sacramento's bloated budget and continue to take vital local tax dollars will lead to more local measures asking taxpayers to make up for Sacramento's lack of fiscal accountability. In 2010, voters have a chance to elect new legislators to fight the Sacramento tax bandits that are killing jobs in our local economies and taking tax dollars that schools need to succeed. As the South Bay's next state senator, I pledge to fight every attempt by Sacramento to balance its budget by taking these vital funds that are much better deployed by local cities and school districts.
As proof of this, I will be signing the Taxpayer Protection Pledge this Thursday at the November meeting of the South Bay Tea Party at the El Segundo Library - 111 W. Mariposa Ave, El Segundo,
Meeting starts at 6:30pm. Come on down and witness my pledge! And chances are...I'll be the only South Bay State Senate candidate making this pledge to protect local revenues and school district funds.
Any bet takers out there?
