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<br /> , - <br /> JFtoI-22-2004 11:54 SMCO. REG-ELECTIONS 65111 312 5348 P.11I2/11I2 <br /> ~ B~S <br /> ~OSITION TO THE PROPOSED LAWS ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE AUTHORS <br /> rEGIONAL MEASURE <br /> F REGIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST REGIONAL MEASURE 2 <br /> Taxes are. high enough now to ac:c:ommodate reasonable needs, <br /> !f," is HIGHWAY including transportation projects, Each year, "Americans spend more <br /> TRANSIT projects. money per capita on taxes ($10,447) than on food ($2,713), clothing <br /> Ind bridges. ($1,436), and shelter ($5.913) combined" ["Th.x Facts," San Francigco <br /> Chronicle, 03/27/02]. <br /> ) County's worst Continuing bridge-ton increases represent another broken promise by <br /> Route 91 and <br /> scheme plans $135 politicians. "When state officials opened the San Francisco-Oakland Bay <br /> I annual operating Bridge in J 936, they promised drivers a free crossing after 20 years, when <br /> construction bonds were paid off." ["Bridge Tolls to Double... Free <br /> Je effe<:t on traffic Passage Promise Now Long Forgotten," Alameda Newspaper Group, <br /> ) 2/26/97J. <br /> Nith many millions, "[A reckless, last-minute] measure to bike Bay Area bridge toDs by <br /> 3ART. <br /> $1... throws around enough pork to stir up the region's most notorious <br /> . operating deficits shark-infested waters...." For eXlmll'le, an Alameda developer and ferry <br /> riage," San Mateo operator who's "contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Bay Area <br /> politicians" promoted RM2's ferry subsidie:s.... 1998's Bay Area <br /> DSit ridership will bridge.toll increase from $1 to $2 was supposed to be temporary; this new <br /> : to 6.2% by 2025 measlJ1'e would further escalate tolls, and spend the take irresponsibly. <br /> ("Bridge Toll Hike Extends Saga of Fishy Funding," Oakland Tribune, <br /> :tictJl projects that 09114/03]. <br /> ::e 101 congestion R.M2 plays other tricks: <br /> . RM2's promoters deviously framed this SO% toll hike as a "fee" <br /> legislators' pork increase, so passage would require only a simple majority. But "fees" <br /> y purchases and should pay for directly-reJated services - not political favors. <br /> AJameda ferry . 'Most 01 any bridee-ton increase should be spent directly on bridge <br /> ;9,000 to Pcrata" npkeep and the Bay Area's worst traffic: bottleneeks. Instead. from <br /> "new environmentally friendly femes" to "8 beautiful new Transbay <br /> l daily - versus Tenninal in San FI1l11Cisco," RM2 is largely an expensive grab-bag of <br /> ferries get almost special-interest sugazplums. <br /> . For UIlreimbursed daily bridge commuters, RM2 represents a tax <br /> ay Area Monitor increase of $200 or more annually. Despite "social equity" claims by <br /> ies, DOW endorses RM2 promoters, RM2 hits low-wage bridge commuters especially <br /> :ampaign funding. hard. <br /> Please vote liJ2 OD RM2! <br /> 0) 947-ACCT <br /> Is! Karen E.. Kennedy December 12. 2003 <br /> ecember 12, 2003 e-Minutemen Organization (San Mateo), President <br /> Is! Kenneth E. Bambrick December 12. 2003 <br /> ecember 12, 2003 Alliance of ContrA Costa Taxpayers, Chairman <br /> TOTPL P. 132 <br />