Casey's SAFEclear solution: a new tax
Talk radio and blogs have done a really good job picking apart the SAFEclear program, examining alternatives, and critiquing various proposals to change the program.
However, Chronicle columnist Rick Casey, who seems to have missed most of the blog and talk radio discussion, did manage to come up with a new proposal in his Sunday column:
How could the Legislature help? It could authorize cities or counties to pass a vehicle-license fee to cover such traffic-control problems. To cover their political backsides, legislators could require that it be approved by voters.
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I'm not arguing for a new fee. I'm just putting this thing in perspective.
Perspective indeed! Leave it to reliable lefty Rick Casey to try to change the discussion from the Mayor's proposed revisions to the SAFEclear program (which will still leave the city ahead by $700,000 if the mayor's cost estimates are correct) to advocacy for a new tax.
City Council will take up the proposed changes to SAFEclear on Tuesday. The proposed changes were tagged by various councilmembers last week, keeping the current system in place.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/24/05 08:51 PM | Print |
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