Nobody likes taxes. Yet the reality is that taxes pay for things we all want and need. Good roads. Our own police and fire departments. Our beautiful bay.
OK. Measure B-22 could have been written in a way that would have been more acceptable to more residents. The tax could have been based on each parcel’s assessed value. It could have had a sunset clause. It could have been structured in all kinds of different ways. Yet it has been designed to acknowledge the $10 million capital needs of the bay and is structured to address them head on. There are no better ways to fund the needed repairs.
I’m a Morro Bay property owner. I don’t like taxes. Yet I moved here for the bay. I have confidence that our current staff will use these funds wisely. Let’s give them two to three years and see how they do. If they fall short of our expectations, I will personally lead the charge to repeal the initiative. In the meantime, I hope you will join me in supporting B-22 on Nov. 8.
Jeff Heller
Morro Bay City Council member
This article appears in Nov 3-13, 2022.
VOTE NO on B22. Bad prior management should not rely upon raising taxes to stay self supporting. When did the taxpayers of Morro Bay publicly vote to have the Harbor Department transformed from a maintenance department to a search and rescue station?
Get rid of the high performance Radons and jet skis. Trade them for tools and paint which the well rested employees could possibly utilize to at least look like they are working.