One-cent sales tax increase proposal 7/22/08

re: One-cent sales tax increase proposal 7/22/08

catpaw — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:10:22 GMT

Mr. Turnipseed makes a point. We can choke down the exta penny and take charge of our county or we can do nothing and let Sacramento take care of us. I'm afraid Mike is right: doing nothing is going to cost more than an extra penny.

re: One-cent sales tax increase proposal 7/22/08

kgetbob — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:51:05 GMT

Kiyoshi,

Where can I get a copy of your 2005 report on red light cameras? KGET pulled it off their site, do you know if the video is posted anywhere else on the web? It would be great if you revisited the subject and updated your story. The law has not changed and the police still mislead people about having to turn in their family or friends. However, the CA Supreme Court announced in Sep08 that they would be reviewing red light camera systems that paid private operators a bounty for each ticket they issue to drivers. Several per-ticket-profit camera systems have been caught issuing tickets when there is no violation and city police dept's are abusing the "bulk approval" feature some systems provide (PD's are suppose to review each ticket but some dept approve tickets in large batches)

http://thenewspaper.com/news/25/2547.asp

KGET-TV, Bakersfield, July 20, 2005 (excerpt from your story)
Police said it’s a matter of civic duty and safety. “If someone is driving your car and they run the red light and they [[you?]] get the notification, sure, we think that you should identify the violator,” said Det. Mary DeGeare from the Bakersfield Police Department. “It's an infraction. It's a red light violation. But there's no law that says you have to do that.”

The story used to be posted at http://www.kget.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=6816 but it has been pulled off.

re: One-cent sales tax increase proposal 7/22/08

Weltall — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:20:16 GMT

Ah yes, if you raise taxes, Kiyoshi Tomono will continue to not tip waiters and waitresses, we need to save all the $ we can.

re: One-cent sales tax increase proposal 7/22/08

changeneeded — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:25:36 GMT

It irritates me to no end when people advocate and endorse legalized extortion. It seems ironic that we call it a crime when someone sells us protection from themselves, but when a government makes you buy back money you’ve already paid in taxes it’s legal and apparently a good thing by some peoples standards. Sounds like Sacramento ready has control.