REBUTTAL TO ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF MEASURE A
VOTE NO ON MEASURE A
Santa Clara County doesn't need a bigger bite out of your wallet—it needs to go on a diet. The County faces a ballooning annual deficit projected to reach $3 billion by 2030, and Measure A's $330 million a year won't even scratch the surface. What it will guarantee is more tax hikes in the future.
Vote NO on Measure A. This sales tax hits hardworking families the hardest, while giving politicians a blank check with no oversight or accountability.
Vote NO on Measure A because it isn't a plan—it's a last-minute band-aid covering decades of fiscal mismanagement. The County rushed it through in a hastily called meeting with almost no public notice.
Don't believe the "temporary" label. In Santa Clara County, taxes sold as temporary become permanent all too frequently—e.g., the 1994 library parcel tax and the 1996 half- cent sales tax were both extended long after their original promises.
Vote NO on Measure A! The County's path forward should be EƯiciency—not higher taxes.
Rishi Kumar
Councilmember, Saratoga (Former)
Liangfang Chao
Mayor, Cupertino
Lydia Kou
Former Mayor, City of Palo Alto
Liz Lawler
Mayor, Monte Sereno (Former)
Kansen Chu
Assemblymember, California (Former)