Opponents of Measure I, Mayor Bob Foster's infrastructure parcel tax, are having a "Rally for Tax Relief" on Saturday with several notable speakers. Confirmed speakers include former Mayor Eunice Sato, 54th District state Assembly candidate Gabriella Holt, and Kathy Ryan, co-chair of the Long Beach Taxpayers Association, according to a press release from the organization.
This may be one of the few major means of publicity for the No on Measure I campaign, which has little money and hasn't been running TV ads like the measure's supporters have been. Measure I opponents' main effort to get out their message so far has been by speaking at community meetings.
At the rally, leading opponents will speak, people can pick up yard signs, and materials and precinct lists willl be available for those who want to walk against the measure.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the south side of
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These opponents mean well but are misguided. If you want your infrastructure improved, Measure I is the only viable way in the near term. Should employee pensions be reformed? Yes. Should social programs be cut? Yes. But let's be realistic. That will take time and we need our infrastructure fixed now. Fix our streets. Clean our beaches. Let's improve our quality of life and increase our property values by suporting Measure I. No proposal is perfect but Measure I deserves a Yes vote.
What if members of your family had wasted their budget, gone into debt, and now they tell you that they need you to give them money because they haven't paid their house payment or their utilities?
Where did the money go? I pay my bills, they don't. Why do I have to give them MY money? This city has gone down the toilet! All our money goes to the unions and $100,000 bureaucrats.
Measure I is even more disgusting. It is like your family tells you to give them money and leave the debt for your children to pay back.
Be sure to vote for people who are "NO on I"
Clearing our streets of trash, (human and other kinds), would, indeed, be helpful.