Letters
I have seen some signs around that claim Measure S is overtaxing the poor.
Measure S proposes a half-cent sales tax on every dollar spent on taxable goods. This means that a number of items do not get any tax such as food, prescriptions, medical services, utilities, house payments and rents. The basic necessities will not be taxed.
Other items will be subject to the sales tax and estimates have shown that individuals earning an average income in Lake County will pay around $30 to $35 annually in additional sales tax whereas lower income individuals will pay an average of $15.
Without Measure S there stands to be increased cost of living such as water bills and possibly property taxes.
The other effect that could occur should Measure S not pass is the county having to defer or reduce services should there be increased costs to preserve and protect the lake.
Monies would have to come from the general fund to address lake issues and there would be less money for libraries, senior centers, maintenance of infrastructure, etc.
With Measure S we can estimate the cost to each individual. Without it we have no idea what it will cost each individual and what services will be affected.
Scott Knickmeyer is chair of the Save the Lake Committee 2014, which is supporting the passage of Measure S in Lake County, Calif.
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The fearmongering no on Measure O “hit piece” makes me think that perhaps Harry Anslinger has been reincarnated in Lake County as a political consultant.
Anslinger was a former Prohibition agent who spread lies about cannabis as America’s first drug czar, creating the reefer madness of the 1930s and leading to the federal criminalization of marijuana in 1937.
In his own words, he went after “[N]egroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers [with] their Satanic music, jazz and swing [which] result from marijuana use.”
Revered jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong were thrown in jail for smoking cannabis, and millions of cannabis arrests followed.
I know that Lake County’s voters are much too smart to fall for the outrageous scare tactics of the No on O campaign and the modern day prohibitionists.
Smart voters deal in facts, not fear. And the fact is that Measure O effectively balances patient rights with the right of neighbors to be free of nuisances caused by cultivation.
Measure O protects patient access, our neighborhoods, the environment and the economy, and is self-funded by fees charged for collective cultivation on large rural acreage parcels.
Please don’t be fooled by the No on O “liar flyer.” It is nothing but outright lies, innuendos and fearmongering.
On November 4, vote yes on Measure O.
Ron Green is an attorney. He lives in Lower Lake, Calif., and has been active in advocating for Measure O.
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