League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Monterey County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Measure D Transaction and Use Tax City of Carmel by the Sea Majority Approval Required Pass: 1,710 / 75.40% Yes votes ...... 558 / 24.60% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure D

Please join us in supporting "YES" on Measure D to preserve Carmel's past and strengthen our future. Measure D will support Carmel-by-the-Sea's high-quality services including roads, parks, public libraries, performing arts, our beach, and life-saving response times from police, fire and ambulance. Carmel-by-the-Sea is well managed. It has refinanced debt, saving over a million dollars. It streamlined and reduced its workforce and reformed pensions for new employees. Carmel-by-the-Sea is a good partner to business, creating a Hospitality Improvement District. We cannot take this for granted. The economic downturn has affected us all and has made it difficult for Carmel-by-the-Sea to continue providing high-quality services and maintaining roads and other infrastructure. We cannot look to the state or federal government for help. We must take care of ourselves. Measure D will ensure that our visitors and all downtown shoppers share in supporting our community. The current sales tax in Carmel-by-the-Sea is 7.25%, which means that for every $100 purchase, the consumer pays an additional $7.25, but currently Carmel-by-the-Sea only receives $1 of that. Measure D will double the amount Carmel-by-the-Sea receives to $2 for every $100 purchase. Carmel-by-the-Sea's sales tax is at the lowest level on the Peninsula. Measure D will return the sales tax to what it was just over a year ago and will bring it in line with the rates paid by most of our visitors when they shop back home. Measure D will keep us on track to pay off key pension liabilities, saving millions of dollars in interest payments. For these reasons Measure D has broad support. The Carmel City Council, the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, the Carmel Residents Association, the Carmel Innkeepers, Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers' Association, and many of your neighbors are supporting Measure D. We hope that we can count on your "YES" vote. Jason Burnett, Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea Bill Doolittle, Retired Investment Advisor Doug Lumsden, Chair, Carmel Chamber of Commerce Merv Sutton, Community Leader Carrie Theis, President, Carmel Innkeepers Association (No arguments against Measure D were submitted)