Dear Editor,
This is a non-political rebuttal to clarify items in the
political ad that was in the Dispatch, bought and paid for by
”
Citizens Against Waste And Fraud.
”
Ironically, the ad was both.
Dear Editor,
This is a non-political rebuttal to clarify items in the political ad that was in the Dispatch, bought and paid for by “Citizens Against Waste And Fraud.” Ironically, the ad was both.
New articles written by Dispatch reporter Matt King (March 9 and April 6) prove this point. Also, Ms. Walker’s March 11 column written as an anti-measure A and B column also refutes the allegations in the ad.
Paragraph 1. The ad was a cheap attempt at humor with “DO LIB-BRARIANS LIE?”
This remark was uncalled for as well as irrelevant. First, it was an allegation not a question. Second, it was intended to imply that the librarians were the driving force behind the marketing of measure A and B and the misleading March mailer.
Also please note that the ad used the singular reference to “The Library” which implies that the Gilroy branch is the only library that is “spending $2 million of your money to sell a lie!” The special election, is the decision making process, which is why the JPA “is paying 1.8 million to hold this election” Walker March 11.
The selling of a lie refers to the March mailer, the cost of which was $14,866.17.
Paragraph 2. Accuses anyone who supports the Measures A and B as being willing co-conspirators in the misleading March mailer.
Paragraph 3. The measures A and B “will raise your taxes by nearly $50 a year … FOREVER!” Again Walker’s side of it, measure A is an “attempt to reinstate the parcel tax.” If “A” passes then the existing parcel tax of 33.66 will continue, Measure “B” then also passes with a $12 add on, making the parcel tax for next year $45.66.
The notion that the passage of the parcel tax will be responsible for increases in apartment rents is unfounded. One might as well blame a sunny day.
“Cash strapped families,” is a euphemism poor people, if they are buying a home then they are not poor or it was once put it a “person is not poor – not if they have a DVD player to play the DVD on.” rebuttal statement in Walker’s March 11 column.
There is also the issue of the innuendo that ‘poor people’ are the least likely group to use the library. Why? Because being poor means they are most to also be ignorant?
Paragraph 4. Libraries are run by paid employees, some of whom are educated professionals. Labor costs are the single most expensive financial burden an employer has.
Harold Williams, San Jose
