School Bonds Unfair to Property Owners
* I disagree with the conclusions of your Nov. 7 editorial on Proposition 170, which would have lowered the vote needed to pass school bonds from a two-thirds majority to a simple majority. It was defeated in the Valley so badly because the tax money needed today for school bonds came from only one source, the property owner. Why?
You will see this happen again and again when the attempt is made to tax only one group of citizens. I resent paying for education for people who never pay for education for their children. I’ve been paying property taxes for 45 years. Enough is enough.
The police ballot request for additional police was also defeated for the same reason: They wished to “stick it to the property owners only.”
I believe all citizens should share the cost of the government services they get, not senior citizen property owners only.
HOWARD SAMUEL
Northridge
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