3 of 5 Members of San Mateo County Board of Supervisors vote 3-2 in favor of Sales Tax Ballot Measure ---------------> 4 Votes needed to put sales tax measure on November Ballot
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 7:48 AM by Bill Baker, J.D.
Editor and Publisher, The San Bruno Beacon
3 of 5 Members of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted against putting a sales tax increase measure on the November 2010 election ballot. 4 votes were necessary to put a sales tax increase measure on the ballot.
Supervisors Gordon and Gibson voted in favor putting the sales tax measure on the ballot while tax and squander Supervisors Groom, Tissier and Church voted for the meassure that would have increased the sales tax in San Mateo County if passed. Fortunately, for San Mateo County's taxpayers, anti taxpayer Supervisors Groom, Tissier and Church needed four votes to put their destructive sales tax increase measure on the November 2010 Election Ballot.
We are now left with the question as to whether Supervisors Groom, Tissier and Church are going to do the right thing for taxpayers and make the cuts to the pay, benefit and retirement packages of County employees of continue with their fiscal irresponsibility that has resulted in the financial problems the County of San Mateo is having.
It is interesting to note that although the sales tax idea was narrowly voted down, it was observed by a majority of the Board that they would be better off trying this sales tax hike stunt in 2012.
Church will be leaving the Board of Supervisors. Gordon will probably get elected to the office he is running for, Therefore, Groom and Tissier will be left to inflict more financial damage on San Mateo County taxpayers as they promote their reckless tax and squander agenda.
Voter patience is wearing thin for anti taxpayer politicians like Supervisors Groom and Tissier. If Groom and Tissier continue in their refusal to make the the cuts to the pay, benefit and retirement packages of County employees that are necessary to balance the County Budget and create an operational surplus, they will have to be recalled in an attempt to restore fiscal stability to San Mateo County's government.
During these very difficult economic times, we cannot continue to have people like Supervisors Groom and Tissier promoting the same broken, fiscally irresponsible agenda that has created the economic problems we are now all being forced to live with.
