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发帖数: 1980 | | s**********v
发帖数: 1379 | 2 what? where is the news?
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发帖数: 53215 | 3 union city
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: what? where is the news?
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发帖数: 985 | 4 还有el cerrito吧
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发帖数: 1980 | 5 Voters from San Leandro to Fremont willing to pay higher taxes
Tax and bond measures sweep to victory in much of Alameda County
By Matthew Artz
Oakland Tribune
Posted: 11/03/2010 06:39:53 PM PDT
Updated: 11/04/2010 08:25:19 AM PDT
From San Leandro to Fremont, voters have approved tax and bond measures
expected to preserve key services and pay for new school facilities.
Fremont voters on Tuesday passed the city's first parcel tax to support
local schools, and Newark leaders celebrated passage of the city's first
voter-approved tax.
Union City and San Leandro voters both supported sales-tax rate increases,
while San Leandro and Tri-City voters approved facility bonds for the San
Leandro Unified School District and the Ohlone Community College District.
"It was a great night for the city of Newark, that's for sure," said Mayor
Dave Smith after 58 percent of voters backed a tax that will add 3.5 percent
to most utility bills.
The tax, which is expected to raise about $2.5 million annually, won't solve
Newark's budget woes, but it should be enough to reopen the city's senior
center and potentially return a police officer to the city's high school, he
said. Voters had rejected an identical tax measure by just 10 votes last
November.
Fremont voters narrowly passed Measure K, a $53-per-parcel property tax that
will provide the district with about $3.3 million a year for the next five
years. With 66.6 percent needed for passage, the measure won 69 percent of
the vote.
"This is the first time we asked voters to support our programs, and they
came through with a resounding yes," school board President Lara York said.
Once the results are certified, the
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board will appoint a citizen advisory committee to oversee allocation of the
tax money, which can be used to restore library hours and specialized
elementary school instruction, among other programs.
For the second time in eight years, Tri-City area voters approved a
facilities bond for Ohlone College. With 55 percent needed for passage, 63
percent of voters backed Measure G, a $349 million bond that primarily will
pay for maintenance and new construction at the Fremont campus.
The measure will cost the average Fremont homeowner about $80 a year through
2066, given current housing valuations.
Ohlone's campaign was backed with more than $127,000 in contributions,
mostly from construction firms, consultants and trade unions, as well as $25
,000 from bond underwriter Piper Jaffray.
In San Leandro, 63 percent of voters approved Measure M, a $50.1 million
bond that will pay for various improvements to the district's schools.
About $16.1 million will go to build a sports complex at the aging Burrell
Field, where San Leandro High School's teams play. Another $6 million will
pay for a new swimming pool at the high school.
The bond will raise annual property taxes by $25 per $100,000 of assessed
value.
San Leandro voters also approved Measure Z, a quarter-percent sales tax,
bringing the rate to 10 percent on most items purchased within the city. The
tax measure, which won with 61 percent of the vote, is anticipated to add $
4 million annually to city coffers until it expires in seven years.
Union City voters approved Measure AA, a half-percent sales tax increase
from 9.75 percent to 10.25 percent, making it the highest rate in Alameda
County.
Measure AA, which won with 60 percent of the vote, will raise about $3.5
million annually for four years.
Supporters said the tax increase was necessary to ease a projected $1.7
million city budget deficit during the next two years and to prevent cuts to
public safety, libraries and parks.
The tax will go into effect sometime in March or April.
Newly elected City Council member Lorrin Ellis, who opposed the tax hike,
said voters may have felt comfortable supporting it because of the four-year
cutoff.
"Maybe people bought into that and felt comfortable passing a tax that was
temporary rather than long-term," he said.
Staff writers Rob Dennis and Chris Metinko contributed to this story.
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: what? where is the news?
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发帖数: 2053 | 6 跑步追上大家拿
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发帖数: 10612 | 7 穷人多富人少，都是想从别人钱包里面拿钱的打算。没什么稀奇的。 | m******6
发帖数: 1899 | | f*****a
发帖数: 781 | 9 Will we see 15% 20% 75% sales tax down the road?
Will we see 100% state income tax down the road?
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发帖数: 1980 | 10 In Canada, the highest is the 15.5% hit on Prince Edward Island.
USA
Arab, Ala., 12%
Bellwood, Ill., 11.5%
Mansfield, Ark., 11.125%
Kayenta, Ariz., 11.1% | | | c*******n
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发帖数: 4638 | | W**********r
发帖数: 8927 | 13 Sale Tax比阶梯Income Tax要公平 | P*O
发帖数: 4324 | 14 Be frugal, 填饱肚子即可， make the sales tax irrelevant to you... | j****n
发帖数: 7636 | 15 Agree! If additional tax is not avoidable, then sales tax is better than
income tax.
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: Sale Tax比阶梯Income Tax要公平
| d****u
发帖数: 272 | 16 "The tax, which is expected to raise about $2.5 million annually...should be
enough to reopen the city's senior center and potentially return a police
officer to the city's high school..."
Adding San Leandro and Union City to my list of places to avoid. | t******t
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