Rebuttal to the Argument in Favor of Measure V

• Don’t be deceived — THIS IS A 60 PERCENT TAX INCREASE

• Pacifica has a balanced budget, a $1.4 million surplus, and enough money to pay for consultants, conduct voter surveys, send us campaign mailers and call a costly special election.

• Growing our tax base, not new taxes, is a better way to meet revenue needs.

• Don’t overlook all the tax overrides we already pay on our property tax bills.

• This tax hits just residents and exempts visitors and its unfair.

• $500 yearly cap for businesses. No cap for residents.

• Exempting based solely on age while the truly needy are forced to pay is unjust.

• Seniors — you are not automatically exempted — you have to submit paperwork to apply.

• This is a new tax on essential safety services — your phones.

• None of the proposed revenue is guaranteed to go for any of the lovely programs that Pacifica cites as its reason for raising our taxes.

• The supposed independent oversight committee’s only real j ob would be to watch tax monies disappear into the City’s General Fund. Council will spend the money as it chooses.

• The 8 year duration of this tax is too long. They they’ll want it extended forever.  There’s no temporary tax.

• Pacifica will never make overdue economies as long as it thinks the voters can be fooled into taxing ourselves more.

VOTE NO ON MEASURE V. THE FLAWED TAX AT THE WRONG TIME.