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Prop. 22 says that the State can not steal "redevelopment" funds from cities. Cities, it is argued, should have control of its money.
"In the midst of a dramatic all-night budget negotiation, Sacramento lawmakers slipped in a bill that would give the state's approval to raising the cap on downtown San Diego redevelopment to support construction of a new NFL stadium.
The bill would allow San Diego's Centre City Development Corp. to raise its spending cap from $3 billion to $9 billion for downtown and continue sequestering tax dollars from the rest of the city, county and state.
The maneuvering came at an awkward time. For one, the city is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars supposedly studying whether downtown is blighted and needs to increase its redevelopment activity. It also comes as the City Council and mayor plea with residents to increase the city's sales tax or face drastic service cuts."
San Diego is facing bankruptcy due to fiscal incompetence and corruption. Yet, instead of using tax dollars to fix blight, it wants to make a gift of a football stadium to private interest--who will then “donate" to the right politicians.
Here is the Prop.22 choice--allow local government use tax dollars for slush funds or allow the State to use local tax dollars to cover out of control spending.
I believe ending corruption and slush funds should be our first priority. What do you think? I say vote NO on Prop.22.
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"In the midst of a dramatic all-night budget negotiation, Sacramento lawmakers slipped in a bill that would give the state's approval to raising the cap on downtown San Diego redevelopment to support construction of a new NFL stadium.
The bill would allow San Diego's Centre City Development Corp. to raise its spending cap from $3 billion to $9 billion for downtown and continue sequestering tax dollars from the rest of the city, county and state.
The maneuvering came at an awkward time. For one, the city is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars supposedly studying whether downtown is blighted and needs to increase its redevelopment activity. It also comes as the City Council and mayor plea with residents to increase the city's sales tax or face drastic service cuts."
San Diego is facing bankruptcy due to fiscal incompetence and corruption. Yet, instead of using tax dollars to fix blight, it wants to make a gift of a football stadium to private interest--who will then “donate" to the right politicians.
Here is the Prop.22 choice--allow local government use tax dollars for slush funds or allow the State to use local tax dollars to cover out of control spending.
I believe ending corruption and slush funds should be our first priority. What do you think? I say vote NO on Prop.22.
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