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4 PASADENA WEEKLY | <strong>11.01.18</strong>
PW OPINION PW NEWS PW LIFE PW ARTS •LETTERS• EDITORIAL EDITOR Kevin Uhrich kevinu@pasadenaweekly.com DEPUTY EDITOR André Coleman andrec@pasadenaweekly.com ARTS EDITOR Carl Kozlowski carlk@pasadenaweekly.com CALENDAR EDITOR John Sollenberger johns@pasadenaweekly.com CONTRIBUTING MUSIC EDITOR Bliss CONTRIBUTORS Patti Carmalt-Vener, Justin Chapman, Peter Dreier, Randy Jurado Ertll, Barry Gordon, John Grula, Aaron Harris, Chip Jacobs, Rebecca Kuzins, Jana J. Monji, Christopher Nyerges, Lionel Rolfe, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Ellen Snortland, Erica Wayne INTERNS Emma Brown, Judah Foster, Tasha Gist, Maya Hammond, Emon Davis-Dolly, Elizabeth Kinney ART ART DIRECTOR Stephanie Torres artdirector@pasadenaweekly.com ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Richard Garcia PRODUCTION DESIGNER Rochelle Bassarear CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS Danny Liao, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow ADVERTISING SALES AND MARKETING Mari Carmen Martinez, Brenda Clarke, Alexandra Valdes, Lisa Chase CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Ann Turrietta (Legals) BUSINESS HUMAN RESOURCES Andrea E. Baker PAYROLL Linda Lam ACCOUNTING SPECIALISTS Perla Castillo, Yiyang Wang, Quinton Wright OFFICE MANAGER Ann Turrietta CIRCULATION Don S. Margolin PUBLISHER Dina Stegon SOUTHLAND PUBLISHING V.P. OF OPERATIONS David Comden YES ON MEASURES I & J On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Pasadena voters will make a critical decision about our city’s future. Way down at the bottom of the ballot, local measures “I” and “J” ask voters to raise the local sales tax by threequarters of a cent and to share the revenue between the city and the Pasadena Unified School District. These measures were placed on the ballot by a unanimous vote of the City Council. Both the city and the PUSD need the additional $21 million per year to provide the quality of services to residents and to children that they deserve. Both entities have made significant budget cuts, but without the additional funding, unacceptable reductions in services will have to be made. Also, the city has identified millions of dollars of vital capital projects, like street and street light repair and fire station upgrades that must be funded now. The recent history of county sales tax increases show that by 2020, sales taxes will likely be raised to the statewide statutory maximum of 10.25 percent. By acting now, we can capture 100 percent of the money locally, rather than seeing it redistributed throughout the county and getting less than 17 percent of what we contribute. Pasadena has a proud tradition of stepping up civically when it counts. This is one of those moments and I’m confident that Pasadena will respond. - TERRY TORNEK MAYOR OF PASADENA NO ON MEASURE I This story is not accurate. The Pasadena Chamber Board did not oppose Measure J. They took no position on it, believing that, should Measure I pass, the covers should decide on the dispersal to the PUSD. The Pasadena Chamber Board did oppose Measure I for many reasons: 1. Nearly 80 percent of our members oppose the measure, based on a poll that asked for support or opposition based on the ballot measure language exactly as it appears on the ballot. 2. The measure would place Pasadena’s retailers and restaurateurs at a disadvantage by further giving the impression that it is more expensive to dine and shop in Pasadena. 3. Pasadena residents will pay the bulk of the tax. A recent study by LA County found that 90 percent of sales tax is paid by persons living within the taxed jurisdiction. 4. The city of Pasadena has made no real effort to trim budgets, economize or realign service delivery for efficiency or cost-effectiveness. The jobs the promoters claim were eliminated were actually vacant positions that were budget placeholders. If they want to fund a position, the City Council seems to find the money, with one council member likening $400,000 used to fund a lawyer in the City Attorney’s office and a fire battalion chief to change found in the couch. The measure would place a higher burden on those less able to afford it, making paying rent and bills more difficult for our least affluent residents. Sales taxes are among the most regressive, meaning they place more of a burden on the disadvantaged, making the cost of living in Pasadena higher proportionally for those least able to afford it. Vote NO on Measure I. Make up your own mind on Measure J. - PAUL LITTLE CEO AND PRESIDENT PASADENA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Editor’s Note: The story “Expensive Lessons: Many oppose raising city sales tax to help public schools” incorrectly stated that the chamber of commerce had taken a formal position on Measure J. It formally opposed Measure I, but took no position on Measure J. A chamber survey, however, showed that 62.8 percent of chamber members opposed allocating money to the school district.) PRESIDENT Bruce Bolkin Pasadena Weekly is published every Thursday. Pasadena Weekly is available free of charge. No person may, without prior written permission from Pasadena Weekly, take more than one copy of each weekly issue. Additional copies of the current issue if available may be purchased for $1, payable in advance, at Pasadena Weekly office. Only authorized Pasadena Weekly distributors may distribute the Pasadena Weekly. Pasadena Weekly has been adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in Court Judgment No. C-655062. Copyright: No news stories, illustrations, editorial matter or advertisements herein can be reproduced without written permission of copyright owner. All rights reserved, 2018. HOW TO REACH US Address: 50 S. DeLacey Ave., Suite 200, Pasadena 91105 Telephone: (626) 584-1500 Fax: (626) 795-0149 AUDITED CIRCULATION of 27,516 Serving Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Eagle Rock, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Montrose, Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena NO ON MEASURES I & J Recent campaign flyers sent out by a committee controlled by Mayor Terry Tornek states that “the problem” is Pasadena doesn’t get its fair share of sales taxes. Keep these points in mind before you open your wallet to more forced taxes: 1. Pasadena doesn’t have a revenue/tax problem. It has a huge spending problem. 2. Unlike most cities, Pasadena is blessed with an NCAA stadium, vibrant shopping centers in the Old Pasadena and South Lake districts, plus a convention center and unlimited fees being generated from neverending construction in the city. All of which provides huge tax revenue to the city. Yet, they can’t manage their increasing revenues year over year? –CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 <strong>11.01.18</strong> | PASADENA WEEKLY 5
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