Chief
12-03-2007, 05:12 PM
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http://www.westerndredging.org/cgi-bin/mail.cgi/archive/Local/20071203102213/
Although the 2007 elections were a resounding success, we were able to vote out of office two tax and spend rascals, (Arch Miller and Dan Tonkovich) and the vote totals for Stemper was encouraging.
...Charles P. Stemper LOST THE ELECTION with 9,477 votes out of 22,822 votes cast, or 41.53%...November 6, 2007...
But we still have a lot of work to do before the remaining members of the tax and spend crowd starts paying attention to the voters:
Case in Point, Craig Pridemore, (State Senator 17th District) learned absolutely nothing from the voter’s overwhelming vote to NOT ALLOW the Port of Vancouver to increase our property taxes 132% and/or the subsequent defeat of Arch Miller who favored that outrageous property Tax Increase. Pridemore ignored the voice of the people whose Property Tax Cap was overturned by the Liberal Washington State Supreme Court, Pridemore and voted against reinstating the Property Tax Cap in the November 29th Special Session.
Nor did Pridemore learn anything from the defeat of Councilmember Dan Tonkovich who over the years voted in lockstep with Mayor Pollard’s and the City Manager’s schemes to find new ways to pick our pockets. Pridemore must just like raising taxes.
To prepare for the 2008 elections we need to review the voting records of the incumbents, and remove from office all (including those members of the Washington State Supreme and Local Courts) who either refuse to prioritize spending, whose only solution to problems is “Let’s raise taxes”, are unable to understand what the people are saying when they pass an initiative or referendum, or have difficulty in making intelligent business decisions.
For Example. Local courts overturned local petitions asking the right to vote on building with tax dollars a Hotel/Convention Center: Reason: “the voter did not understand what the petition said”. The Washington State Supreme Court overturned a statewide initiative to cap property taxes. Reason: The voters didn’t know what the petition said. I wonder if those were the same stupid voter that elected them.
Recently the Vancouver City Council in its attempt to encourage people to visit Downtown Vancouver (wherever that is) raised the fines for parking violations while simultaneously, eliminating (for all practical purposes) the free 20 minutes that was once available on the parking meters. Makes you want to go to the Council’s downtown area doesn’t it?
And maybe someone can explain to us why this year’s Property Tax Assessment Statements were not mailed out until after the elections. Couldn’t be that they, the tax and spend crowd, didn’t want us to know, before the election, our property tax increases were taking off like a jet propelled rocket. Naw, they wouldn’t do that or would they?
And please, speak out against the Light Rail Boondoggle they are trying to stuff sown our throats. My estimate if they are allowed to go forward with this crazy idea we the tax payers will be paying 10 billion dollars for Vancouver’s version of the Loonyville Trolley
L. M. Patella
CDR USN (ret)
http://www.westerndredging.org/cgi-bin/mail.cgi/archive/Local/20071203102213/
Although the 2007 elections were a resounding success, we were able to vote out of office two tax and spend rascals, (Arch Miller and Dan Tonkovich) and the vote totals for Stemper was encouraging.
...Charles P. Stemper LOST THE ELECTION with 9,477 votes out of 22,822 votes cast, or 41.53%...November 6, 2007...
But we still have a lot of work to do before the remaining members of the tax and spend crowd starts paying attention to the voters:
Case in Point, Craig Pridemore, (State Senator 17th District) learned absolutely nothing from the voter’s overwhelming vote to NOT ALLOW the Port of Vancouver to increase our property taxes 132% and/or the subsequent defeat of Arch Miller who favored that outrageous property Tax Increase. Pridemore ignored the voice of the people whose Property Tax Cap was overturned by the Liberal Washington State Supreme Court, Pridemore and voted against reinstating the Property Tax Cap in the November 29th Special Session.
Nor did Pridemore learn anything from the defeat of Councilmember Dan Tonkovich who over the years voted in lockstep with Mayor Pollard’s and the City Manager’s schemes to find new ways to pick our pockets. Pridemore must just like raising taxes.
To prepare for the 2008 elections we need to review the voting records of the incumbents, and remove from office all (including those members of the Washington State Supreme and Local Courts) who either refuse to prioritize spending, whose only solution to problems is “Let’s raise taxes”, are unable to understand what the people are saying when they pass an initiative or referendum, or have difficulty in making intelligent business decisions.
For Example. Local courts overturned local petitions asking the right to vote on building with tax dollars a Hotel/Convention Center: Reason: “the voter did not understand what the petition said”. The Washington State Supreme Court overturned a statewide initiative to cap property taxes. Reason: The voters didn’t know what the petition said. I wonder if those were the same stupid voter that elected them.
Recently the Vancouver City Council in its attempt to encourage people to visit Downtown Vancouver (wherever that is) raised the fines for parking violations while simultaneously, eliminating (for all practical purposes) the free 20 minutes that was once available on the parking meters. Makes you want to go to the Council’s downtown area doesn’t it?
And maybe someone can explain to us why this year’s Property Tax Assessment Statements were not mailed out until after the elections. Couldn’t be that they, the tax and spend crowd, didn’t want us to know, before the election, our property tax increases were taking off like a jet propelled rocket. Naw, they wouldn’t do that or would they?
And please, speak out against the Light Rail Boondoggle they are trying to stuff sown our throats. My estimate if they are allowed to go forward with this crazy idea we the tax payers will be paying 10 billion dollars for Vancouver’s version of the Loonyville Trolley
L. M. Patella
CDR USN (ret)