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The Buzz Lake Forest’s Patch.com aired Saddleback school board’s unanimous support for a constitutional amendment to lower required voter approval from two-thirds to 55 percent. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is opposed, saying “the amendment would wipe out Proposition 13’s two-thirds vote protection for local taxes and unfairly burden property owners.” A Patch reader, Jim Bothwell, added, “Remember – Stuff like this is the tip of the iceberg. SVUSD blows $2.2 million on Aliso upgrades and then closes Aliso two years later. Parent Rob Lange commented, “Enough is enough. I could go on and on about the recent mismanagement of funds by the self-described ‘good stewards’ of the SVUSD. This is ridiculous on every level and the arrogance of this school administration shows up again.” http://lakeforest-ca.patch.com/articles/school-board-consider-supporting-local-tax-measure-parcel-jarvis-svusd-harwick#comments_list *** City Hall’s shell game in Mission Viejo continues. The numbers released last week show the city’s deficit spending is into its fourth straight year: more than $3 million for the year ending June 2011. Answers from city staff are neither clear nor forthcoming about the financial picture. City management is applying spin instead of cutting costs. After much hoopla by the staff over a “carryover surplus” and how to spend it, the money was put into undesignated reserves – and then it disappeared. The staff and council majority members (Frank Ury, Trish Kelley and Dave Leckness) repeat the staff’s claim that “money was saved up for projects.” Not true – overruns were billed on the consent calendar, showing expenditures were neither “saved up for” nor planned. *** Stephen Frank reported on Nov. 11: “I have said that California is in a Depression and the only way out is for the State to be flushed down the toilet. Thanks to Jerry, his union buddies, and the illegal aliens, the flushing has begun. The State ended last fiscal year with a cash deficit of $8.2 billion. The combined current year cash deficit stands at $20.3 billion. Those deficits are being covered with $14.9 billion of internal borrowing (temporary loans from special funds) and $5.4 billion of external borrowing. …” *** As anticipated, Newt Gingrich’s presidential poll numbers are improving. Despite a sentiment among Republicans of “anyone but Romney,” Romney is back on top in the McClatchy/Marist poll, conducted Nov. 8-10. The order is Romney (22.5), Gingrich (19) and Cain (17). http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html *** The Obama mandate gets dumped in Ohio: “Good news, bad news in Ohio, but more potential good news to dump the bad. As you know, Ohio [in the Nov. 8 election] overwhelmingly defeated the Obama mandate even in the bluest Ohio county, which includes cities like Cleveland. I am proud to say my niece worked hard to get the mandate on the ballot. But the defeat of SB5 is not the end, as the SB5 folks knew what the vote would be, and they will have a backup plan, 2.0 introduced today, on yet this week.” -- Your friend in liberty, Linda Dorr, Laguna Beach Tea Party Patriot |
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