My last Council Corner discussed the importance of the November 8th election for Foster City residents. Two new city council members will be elected. Voters had (and continue to have) an opportunity to watch the League of California Women Voters forum debate on September 26th. Campaigning is gathering steam and the candidates are working for your vote.
There are also very important elections for the San Mateo-Foster City School Board and for the San Mateo Union High School District Board of Trustees. Just as I urged every resident to become a well-informed voter by meeting the city council candidates and discussing issues whenever possible, I urge you to pay the same attention to the school board issues and the candidates for the school boards that are responsible for educating your children.
The school board districts are much larger than Foster City, hence the school board candidates have a more difficult job campaigning and meeting all of the voters. Foster City residents Robert H. Griffin, running for re-election to the High School District, and Cathy Rincon, a bright new candidate for the San Mateo-Foster City School District, are well qualified and have the courage to take on such a big job. They deserve your vote!
My last Council Corner also discussed one Proposition in particular – Prop 76 the “California Live Within Our Means Act.” You have now received your Official Voter Information Guide. This Guide is the most complete source of information on all of the Propositions. Please take a few hours to read this information, the spend a few more hours reading it again before you are influenced by the TV spots that are opposed to all of the propositions.
Read both the actual texts of the Propositions and the Analysis of the Legislative Analyst on each Proposition. Not easy reading, but the only way to make your independent decision on each of these Propositions. After careful reading of the Propositions, I find the TV and Radio ads in opposition are void of both fact and logic.
As you may have guessed, I am going to vote YES on Prop 75 and Prop 76. My vote of YES on Prop 75 is not a vote against public employee unions. It is a vote to wake up those unions to the fact that they are paid by taxpayers like me who value truth in advertising – something that is clearly missing in the union’s campaign against both Prop 75 and Prop 76.
I hope you will join me in voting YES on Prop 75 and Prop 76 on November 8. Last week the General Assembly of the League of California Cities voted to support Prop 76 because California Cities ultimately bear the cost of the State’s overspending. I have served as a member of the Board of Directors of the League for the past six years and took a strong stand in favor of Prop 76 at this meeting. The “California Live Within Our Means Act” is a fundamental principle of fiscal responsibility.
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