Pico Rivera sales tax increase passes
Voters in Pico Rivera Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a sales tax
increase from 8.25 to 9.25 percent for each purchase made in the city.
The measure garnered 68 percent of the vote, leading 11,854 to 5,493.
"I'm
pretty excited about it," said Mayor Ron Beilke, who chaired the
committee in favor of the measure. "It's a really good sign that people
appreciate all that we've accomplished together."
The money from the
tax, estimated by city officials to be about $6 million, would help
close a $4.8 million structural deficit in Pico Rivera's annual budget,
build a new library and complete a long-shelved parks master plan.
Fuentes said without the tax, "draconian" cuts would be implemented to balance the budget. This would mean the loss of parks and recreation programs, firing city staff and giving up on street repair projects and parks improvements, he said.
In order to get the measure on the ballot, the City Council had to vote unanimously that Pico Rivera was in a state of fiscal emergency. Councilman David Armenta, who opposes the tax, voted against the state of emergency. However, his four other colleagues on the council brought it back for a second vote while Armenta was on vacation a few weeks later and unanimously approved it.
I hope the citizens of Pico Rivera realize that they are just rewarding the City for their mismanagement and giving them the means to continue wasting money. I have to live within my means, shouldn't the city govenment? That's ok, I'm doing ALL my shopping out of the city limits from now on.
Signed,
Disgusted with Pico
With measure R adding .50% to the approved 9.25% sales tax the local tax will be 9.75%. With all the shopping options available in nearby cities that will have a sales tax of 8.75% what incentive do I have to shop in Pico Rivera? How do hard working people in uncertain financial times vote for something like this? The increase in taxes is like building toll booths at the city borders and charging people for entering.
As others have commented it's unbelievably brazen the city is being rewarded for squandering money.
This will definitely deter me from shopping in the city at places like Lowes, Walmart, Home Depot. Off to north orange county i go for my large ticket item purchases (usually shop there and it's safer) imagine specially with measure R adding .50% to the approved 9.25% sales tax the local tax will be 9.75%! Do they think they're in Canada? why not just add GST and PST taxes. Unreal.
Is it legal to vote on something without the full council in attendance? What a sleazy move by Ron Beilke. I'm taking my shopping to neighboring cities. I feel sorry for local businesses who will feel this pinch. More empty store fronts will be on the horizon.
What were the residents of Pico Rivera thinking? This is a travesty and I'm so disappointed that my neighbors fell into the scare tactics used by Beilke and his croonies who don't know how to manage a budget.
I have lived in Pico Rivera for over 30 years. The city has never re-paved the crack and broken street I live. I cannot see why any tax payer in the city would for for a sales tax increase. I am also offended how much money the city council spent on promoting this measure. I for one will vote against everyone of them in the next election.
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Boa tarde turma, realmente um torpedo web gratuito está cada vez mais trabalhoso devido falta de opções das operadoras de celular. Há ainda os serviços que prometem entregar meu SMS mas nem sempre chegam ao usuário final. Alguns como o Mundo oi e o Oi Torpedo funcionam mas e para as outras operadoras? E os que prometem que mandam e nada chega. Para onde está indo as meus SMS? E para a Tim, Vivo? Alguma Idéia? Ou significa ter de comprar?. Foi mal, realmente está difícil achar dicas para mandar torpedos grátis.
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