Hull eyes spring override

Surely no Proposition 2-1/2 override is necessary. We just endured a $7 million campaign against Question 1 which ultimately defeated it by 30-70 percent. The entire focus of that enormous amount of money raised by and spent in behalf of teachers and other public employee unions -- the second-largest amount ever spent by one side in a ballot question campaign -- was to convince voters that if the income tax was repealed, then property taxes would increase. The voters bought into the scare tactic, defeated Question 1 as the teachers and public employee unions had requested.

Surely no self-respecting teachers union, or any other public employee union, will now demand higher salaries or increased benefits at the expense of another Prop 2-1/2 override and a higher property tax burden on homeowners -- certainly not after convincing voters to forego the "$3,700 per taxpayer on average" savings if the income tax had been repealed. Homeowners are now still saddled with the income tax, at the behest of teachers and other public employee unions. Those unions alleged concern over rising property taxes. Their members, public employees -- their salary and benefits demands -- historically are the biggest driving cost behind increased municipal spending.

It's now incumbent on those unions, which spent over $7 million convincing voters to defeat the income tax repeal in order to prevent property tax increases, to make sure property taxes do not increase -- especially do not increase because of them. Anything less would be bait-and-switch, false advertising. If we can't trust a teacher, a cop, or a firefighter, then who can we taxpayers trust?

could not have said the above statement any better!!! bravo