Proposition J

Topic(s): government
2004-02-20 21:04:24 PST

March 2nd marks the day for local elections in Mountain View. One of the items on the ballot is Proposition J. Based on all the signs peppered throughout Mountain View in favor of Proposition J, I'm guessing it's going to pass with a wide margin. Good for Proposition J. However, those signs peppered throughout Mountain View set off a nerve in me. The signs say, simply:

    Proposition J
Quality Local Schools

When in reality what it should say is:

 Proposition J
Raise Your Taxes

Because the only certainty about Proposition J is that it will raise Mountain Viewan's taxes. Whether or not it will improve the local school district won't be known for many years.

The sign reminds me of the internet dot-com business plan:

1. Register Domain




3. Profit

As genius as that business plan is (why didn't I think of that!?) it's missing what makes a business plan work, and so it will fail. What the Proposition J sign should say is:

Proposition J
Details Here

But I guess that wouldn't work very well on plain old paper. Sucks, does the old non-internet world. BTW, I'm not saying Proposition J is bad. I'm just saying the sign irks me. In fact, if you read Proposition J's description you'll see that it won't cost me, a renter, a dime. So will I vote in favor of Proposition J? Yep, in fact I already did.

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