We Deserve Better...
The Mayor said he would like our Board of Supervisors to approve a 1/8 cent sales tax increase. I’d like you to tell them to vote “NO.”
Not because we can’t afford the average $12.50 per family increase and not because none of the projects are worthwhile. It is because the Mayor and a few of our Supervisors have demonstrated that their vision of Carson City is one where an increased cost of living, increased debt, and increased long term fiscal obligations should be our future.
AS the Mayor stated, in the past year our water rates have gone up and our property taxes have increased. Those of us on fixed or limited incomes feel this every day. In the meantime, families are leaving town, school enrollment is down, and unemployment remains high.
AS our standard of living is reduced, the City Staff and Mayor plan to impose increase in sales tax to use as collateral for multimillion dollar loans. The Mayor’s number one priority? Build a gym…because we are a “sports town.” I submit we are not. As a city, we have already spent over a million dollars to plan a gym, yet we will rely on charity to build an animal shelter. I believe this is wrong.
The Animal shelter (As with all the other projects) should be a stand-alone, city financed project.
The City is either responsible or it's not. I believe we are a community that wants responsible government; that prioritizes safety and health (the animal shelter) before speculating on recreation and environmentally reckless beautification projects, and that does so within a fiscally conservative budget. We need plans that have a definitive start and end, with reasonable and sustainable costs.
I believe we can do better than this “plan” without leveraging our future with assumptions and debt. Most of all, I believe this city belongs to all of us, and not just to the elite and the affluent.
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