Original post made by Peter Carpenter, Menlo Park: Park Forest, on Jan 11, 2020
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Wow! I just watched the recently posted video.
EVERY Atherton resident should watch this video.
Your Town Council has been pursuing this issue for over FIVE years and you will see that they have accomplished nothing except to waste the tax payers' money and to create ill will.
Why - Because they do not understand Prop 13 and AB 8.
Because they have no authority or responsibility over property tax allocations.
Because nothing they can do will reduce the property taxes of Atheron residents by a single penny.
Because they do not represent the residents of Atherton with regard the functioning of any other government agency
that has its own elected body.
Because they constantly talk about fiscal equity without every acknowledging that given our progressive tax system
Atherton residents pay more for EVERY public service from national defense to local schools than those Atherton
residents receive in direct benefits from those entities.
In this video the Town Council impeaches itself.
Watch it and weep.
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