Community Welcome to Join the Rancho Utilities Tax Yahoo Group

Many of you may know that the Utilities User Tax for Rancho Cordova will once again be on the ballot this November. This time it will be as a general tax in that it only requires a simple majority rather than a super majority.

Last year 58% of voters approved the tax but that fell short of the requirement. This year there only needs to be a vote of more than 50% for approval, but the time is running out to inform voters before the election.

Last year the tax was sold as a way to fund police patrols which we all know is important and was likely the reason the tax recieved such support. But in the grand scheme of things it is a way to tax indivudal households very little (just 2.5% of cell phone plans in addition to the existing tax that taxes land lines) in order to maintain the high level of services and community support that the city has provided.

If you are interested in learning more or helping to get the word out please join the Yahoo group that I set up under: RCUtiltiesUserTax. The group can act as a forum for everyone to give their thoughts. Anyone can join so feel free to pass this information on to your friends and neighbors.

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Posted by Chase Armer on Sep 1 2010. Filed under Viewpoints. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.