Comments on: Police Chiefs Voice Concern About Potential Impacts Of I-1033 http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/ Local Burien News, Events, Entertainment, Listings, Music, Videos & More Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:13:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/comment-page-1/#comment-18197 Sheila Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:32:19 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=11701#comment-18197 Steve, you're making an assumption that those who vote "YES" for I-1033 will not support an initiative that finances the good causes you've listed. Just because I don't see eye to eye with how the City of Burien is spending our tax dollars, doesn't mean I'll turn a blind eye to community needs. Steve, you’re making an assumption that those who vote “YES” for I-1033 will not support an initiative that finances the good causes you’ve listed. Just because I don’t see eye to eye with how the City of Burien is spending our tax dollars, doesn’t mean I’ll turn a blind eye to community needs.

]]> By: Jason K. http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/comment-page-1/#comment-18181 Jason K. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:11:07 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=11701#comment-18181 My 500 votes for no cancels your one vote. Good luck. My 500 votes for no cancels your one vote. Good luck.

]]> By: Steve Zemke MajorityRulesBlog http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/comment-page-1/#comment-18179 Steve Zemke MajorityRulesBlog Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:03:22 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=11701#comment-18179 Spread the word and tell people to vote NO on Eyman's latest scheme to pick your pockets for the wealthy. Because I-1033 is really a wealth transfer scheme, taking tax dollars paid by renters and others without property and using it to help pay the property taxes of the wealthy. Here are some of the things your tax dollars go for now: educating our children providing health care for seniors and children mental health services repairing roads and bridges keeping parks and libraries open paying for police and fire protection paying for courts and jails cleaning up Puget Sound providing clean water and clean air sidewalks and bike paths affordable public transit emergency services services for seniors and disabled and the list goes on. But here is what your tax dollars above Eyman's recession level baseline will go for if I-1033 passes: paying property taxes That's all. Spread the word and tell people to vote NO on Eyman’s latest scheme to pick your pockets for the wealthy. Because I-1033 is really a wealth transfer scheme, taking tax dollars paid by renters and others without property and using it to help pay the property taxes of the wealthy.

Here are some of the things your tax dollars go for now:

educating our children
providing health care for seniors and children
mental health services
repairing roads and bridges
keeping parks and libraries open
paying for police and fire protection
paying for courts and jails
cleaning up Puget Sound
providing clean water and clean air
sidewalks and bike paths
affordable public transit
emergency services
services for seniors and disabled
and the list goes on.

But here is what your tax dollars above Eyman’s recession level baseline will go for if I-1033 passes:
paying property taxes
That’s all.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/comment-page-1/#comment-18175 Sheila Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:16:20 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=11701#comment-18175 Bonnie, my vote cancels your vote. Bonnie, my vote cancels your vote.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.b-townblog.com/2009/10/21/police-chiefs-voice-concern-about-potential-impacts-of-i-1033/comment-page-1/#comment-18162 Bonnie Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:18:40 +0000 http://www.b-townblog.com/?p=11701#comment-18162 I for one am voting NO on 1033! I for one am voting NO on 1033!

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