November 13, 2010

Silicon Valley voters LOVE TAXES - The Results are In !

As I predicted.... [see previous post for lead-up]

 It's Official !  

Silicon Valley / South Bay   (California)   voters  LOVE TAXES!

It's a Landslide!  EVERY NEW TAX PROPOSED WAS APPROVED !!!!

[from Election Results: http://www.sccgov.org/elections/results/nov2010/ ]:

Measure A ("Parcel Tax, Santa Clara County") : YES (58%)

Measure B ("Fee, Santa Clara Valley TA") : [ Pay more to the DMV? SIGN ME UP!] ... YES (52%) ['fee' = 'tax' ]

Measure E - Parcel Tax, Foothill-De Anza CCD : YES (58%)

Measure G - Bonds, San Jose/Evergreen CCD : YES (58%) [bonds = future tax]

[...and a host of similar bonds-for-schools, all approved... ]

[...and this one has a title that's an instant classic: ]
Measure N - Occupancy Tax, City of Campbell

Measure T - Utility Users Tax, City of Mt. View : Oh, hell YES! (70%)

Measure U - An Additional 10% Tax on top of 9.25 % sales tax and Business Tax!
[" We love it; tax the fuk out of em! "]  : 78% YES


OMFG. Seriously. What's wrong with you people?