CAL CITY MAYOR PURSUES TAX VOTE.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
Four attempts to impose a tax for city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. have been shot down, but this time Mayor Larry Lar´ry n. 1. Same as Lorry, or Lorrie. Adams thinks California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). City voters will be willing to tax themselves to fund government services. Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide Measure B, a tax of $75 per parcel for the next three years. The tax is expected to raise $3 million annually. In order for the tax to be enacted, Measure B must receive approval of at least two-thirds of the voters. ``I'll be surprised if we don't get 80 percent,'' said Adams, a first-term mayor who has been walking the precincts pre·cinct n. 1. a. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force. b. to promote the measure. ``I think the feeling is that trust is being restored in government.'' For three years city officials have tried unsuccessfully to get a new tax approved by the voters to replace an annual $53-per-parcel tax that augmented the city's budget for eight years. Adams believes there is now a sense of optimism in the city. A private company just broke ground on a new prison in the city that is expected to bring in more than 400 jobs. Rite Aid Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is a United States retailer and pharmacy chain, operating over 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. is opening a drugstore and there is a gas station coming in - signs that jobs are beginning to come into what has mainly been a bedroom community for nearby Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . ``There is a sense things are moving,'' Adams said. Based on surveys and community meetings held during the winter, police and fire protection were the top priorities for the tax revenue. Other priorities were street repair and maintenance, water quality, and parks and recreation. An annual assessment ranging from $19 to $22.42 per lot for fire protection enacted by the City Council in September 1996 will end this summer as a result of Proposition 218. The assessment provided more than $820,000 for this fiscal year. Proposition 218 blocks municipal governments from enacting property-based assessments or increasing existing assessments without the approval of voters and specifically forbids property-based assessments for fire and police services. |
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