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Measure C Transportation Tax County of Fresno 2/3 Approval Required
See Also:
Index of all Measures |
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Results as of Dec 4 2:00pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (680/680) 47.0% Voter Turnout (156502/333117) |
Information shown below: Arguments | | |||
To repair potholes, improve/construct local streets/highways; Reduce air pollution through new clean fuel school buses, including child safety seatbelts; Support regional economy; Reduce emergency response times; Improve highways 99, 41, 168, 180; Reduce congestion; Improve public safety; Improve transit, senior/disabled services, transportation choices; match state/federal funds; Provide citizen oversight/annual audits, shall Fresno County Transportation Authority continue, but not increase, existing half-cent sales tax for 20 years, per locally adopted Expenditure Plan?
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News and Analysis The Fresno Bee
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Arguments For Measure C | Arguments Against Measure C | ||
Renewing Measure C will generate 1.7 billion dollars plus millions in matching funds
for safer roads and traffic relief throughout Fresno County--without new taxes.
This is not an increase in the Fresno County sales tax. It extends the current voterapproved
sales tax that has generated over 1,250 miles of improvements to local
streets and highways since 1986. Millions of dollars in state/federal matching funds
have been leveraged to complete voter-approved projects as promised.
Our local population is expected to increase by over forty percent by 2026. Without
Measure C, traffic will become more congested, the local economy will suffer, and our
roads could become unsafe and dangerous.
Measure C will:
s/ Randy R. Bruegman Fire Chief/Fresno Resident s/ Tracy Pepper League of Women Voters Fresno President s/ Bill Jones Former Assemblyman and Secretary of State s/ Juan Arambula Assemblymember, 31st Assembly District California Legislature Nathan Magsig Mayor, Resident of Clovis
s/ James Ware President, Clovis Chamber of Commerce s/ Don Watnick Chairman, Government Affairs s/ Steven Fenster Chairman, Public Policy s/ Cecil F. Perry Government Affairs s/ Chris Mathys President, Valley Taxpayers Coalition, Inc. | Don't be fooled.
This is NOT the Measure C that built Fresno's Freeways.
It doesn't fix east-west congestion in Fresno/Clovis. Highway 99 gets no new lanes
through Fresno. There are no repairs to the Highway 41/Herndon parking lot.
Instead, this Measure C funds farm worker vans, free taxi rides and downtown
Fresno people-movers.
It's political boondoggles amok. All that's missing is the Disneyland submarine ride.
This is NOT the Measure C that returned tax dollars to taxpayers.
Old Measure C spent 70% of its freeway monies in the urban region. Where 70% of
our community lives. Where 70% of the sales taxes are colleted. It returned taxes to
the taxpayers.
This Measure C returns just 50% of freeway monies to the urban community.
Taxpayers haven't moved out of the cities. Cities still suffer the most congestion.
Why abandon the old formula?
The California Public Policy Institute reports that 64% of Valley residents believe our
region's problems are caused because government spends on the wrong things.
With this Measure C our region's transportation monies will be spent on the wrong
things.
This is NOT the Measure C that kept promises to Voters.
There's a map showing new projects to be bought with your sales tax dollars. But
read the fine print. Only half the map's road improvements will be built. And most
will be built with $500 Million of state and federal gas taxes our local governments
receive without Measure C.
Under old Measure C, the politicians asked for higher taxes. Now they claim they
need temporary taxes another 20 years. Besides, you weren't spending that money
to begin with.
So, they say Measure C isn't a tax increase. But that's a half truth. A no vote means lower sales taxes. A yes vote means higher sales taxes.
s/ Chris Mathys President Valley Taxpayers Coalition
s/ Al Smith President, Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce s/ Richard Johanson Chair Emeritus Fresno Business Council, Clovis Resident s/ Lorraine Salazar Owner, Sal's Mexican Restaurants s/ Jerry Dyer Police Chief, City of Fresno s/ Bill Jones Former Assemblyman and Secretary of State of California |