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EDITOR'S NOTE: Here is the series of articles that appeard on LACP.org
in support of the notion that the community should be allowed to decide
on the May 2005 ballot if it was willing to accept a ½
cent sales tax. They are presented here for your review
in reverse order of their appearance, with the most recent article
first:
LACP lead a
grassroots effort to
increase LAPD patrol,
improve public safety
and help our youth |
In
support of more LAPD officers / Public Safety
City
Council denies voters / stakeholders rights ...
Dedicated ½ cent sales tax would have supported new officers
at LAPD, more
February
10,
2005
by Bill Murray ..Virtually
everyone agrees, there's a BIG need for increasing the number
of police officers at LAPD. Virtually everyone agrees that all
areas of Los Angeles should have 24 hour ambulance service.
And virtually everyone agrees that a significant increase in
the funding of youth programs for prevention and intervention
is a good idea. But no one knows how to pay for it ... except
possibly the community itself, which failed by a slender margin
in the City to pass a countywide ½ cent sales tax when
a badly packaged and ill marketed campaign was presented to
it last fall. Now six City Council members feel it's not our
right, as voters and stakeholders, to decide for ourselves
whether or not we're willing to SELF tax to pay for a far better
chance at increasing public safety. |
February 10, 2005
City
Council denies voters / stakeholders their right of choice
1/2 cent city dedicated sales tax, originally recommended 10-5, dies
9-6
Yours in service,
Bill Murray
LACP |
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