Letter: Councilman a ‘yes’ for Measure C
To the community,
When I ran for City Council, I ran on a platform of repairing and maintaining our local roads in South Lake Tahoe. I knew our community needed a solution to fix the dangerous potholes and cracks that endanger drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. After much planning and thought, I voted yes to place Measure C, a half-cent sales tax measure, on the Nov. 7, 2017, ballot to fix our roads once and for all.
Tom Davis
Those of you know who me, know that I am no supporter of taxes. What I do support, however, is a smart, comprehensive plan to fix a serious problem in our community. Measure C will do just that by establishing dedicated funding to repair our deteriorating roads.
Measure C will fix potholes, repave streets and bring our roads up to the standards that our community deserves. No Measure C funding can ever be used for any purpose but road repairs, and strict fiscal accountability measures make sure every dollar is spent as required by law. It is a criminal offense to spend Measure C funding on anything but our roads in South Lake Tahoe.
Improved roads will raise our property values and improve safety for all South Lake Tahoe residents. Best of all, Measure C is the only solution that will ensure tourists and visitors pay their fair share for their impact on our roads. Many essential items and services that residents buy, including groceries and medicine, are exempt from the cost. We need Measure C now – the longer we wait the more expensive our road problems will become.
When I vote yes on Measure C in November, I will do so knowing that passing this measure will fix potholes and make the repairs our neglected roads desperately need. I encourage you to join me in supporting this important measure for our city’s future.
Tom Davis, South Lake Tahoe council member
Mr. Davis – Please explain to us where the funding is coming from for the “COMPLETE STREETS” plans in South Lake Tahoe, and what the costs are? It is pretty sad that no funding for street paving is in the budget, yet funding from somewhere is going to build these fancy, landscaped, reconfigured streets with new street lighting, curbs, gutters, etc. A half-percent tax increase is a lot, and it seems to many of us that the City Council needs to be more prudent about where they spend General Funds. Did we really need to spend lots of $ on the City lobby with an expensive fireplace lounge? Maybe that $ could have paved a few streets!
Hello…. Hello…. HELLO – Mr. Davis are you there? Just wonder if you read comments after you post your opinion? Still wondering about funding for “COMPLETE STREETS”, and why the Council thought they had enuf $$ to spend on a fancy, unnecessary, Fireside Lounge at the City Council Chambers when we don’t have any money to fix our roads? Hello…. Are you there? Hmmmmm … Maybe formulating some more fix-it tax proposals !