As was said in the movie “Jerry McGuire” “ “Follow the Money”. In Antioch, bay Area of Northern California, the “people” want a sales tax increase. Expect, the people are special interest, mostly located in Sacramento—folks who will get the proceeds of the tax, not pay for it. What if there was a law that said money for such campaigns can only come from businesses and residents of a city?
The good news is that the people of Antioch can say NO to the special interests and vote down the sales tax increase. That would be telling the special interests to mind their own business. Government has too much money now. If they would spend the money on basic services, not political payoffs to the unions and special interest, we could get out of the California Depression.
“The largest contributions include $10,000 from the Building Industry Association of Northern California, $5,000 from Allied Waste, $5,000 from the California Association of Realtors PAC, and the most, $13,650 came from the California Apartment Association, which opposed the landlord fee the council majority chose to not put on the ballot.
Only $1,350 of reported contributions came from Antioch-based interests or individuals, including Roddy Ranch Golf Management and Gloria Martin.”
Yes on Measure C campaign funded by out of town interests, spends money outside Antioch, too
By Allen Payton, Antioch Herald, 10/25/13
The financial reports of the yes on Measure C campaign, officially known as Citizens for a Safe Antioch in Support of Measure C, campaigning to get voters to approve a half-cent sales tax increase in Antioch, disclose that the $44,170 that’s been raised to date has predominantly come from outside of the community. The latest reports are dated October 19.
The largest contributions include $10,000 from the Building Industry Association of Northern California, $5,000 from Allied Waste, $5,000 from the California Association of Realtors PAC, and the most, $13,650 came from the California Apartment Association, which opposed the landlord fee the council majority chose to not put on the ballot.
Only $1,350 of reported contributions came from Antioch-based interests or individuals, including Roddy Ranch Golf Management and Gloria Martin
As for where the committee spent their money, they bought signs from a company in Oakdale, paid for someone in Chico to design the signs, printers in San Francisco and the consultant (the same one who ran Harper’s, Rocha’s and Tiscareno’s campaigns, last year), who is based in Concord. So much for shopping local.
Wade Harper signed the forms as the Principal Officer and Martha Parsons as the Committee Treasurer.
The campaign finance reports are public documents available for anyone to read and obtain a copy of at the Antioch City Clerk’s office on the first floor of City Hall, 3rd and H Streets.
No formal opposition has developed, although two men have made and displayed No on Measure C signs, including Fred Hoskins and Karl Dietzel.
