Dear All;
This is a re-written Prop. J ballot argument for consideration of a paid Prop. J
it is specific and to the point and is about the impact on San Francisco. It is
283 words.It highlights from the start what Prop. J is all about TAXES.
See below and attached
Ron Getty
VOTE NO ON PROP. J
Proposition J adds to San Francisco's onerous hotel tax raising the total taxes
to a whopping 16% tax per day of hotel stay on a visitor to San Francisco. This
is not how you welcome visitors to San Francisco.
A hotel tax is attractive to politicians because its main victims can't vote
against the tax. Proposition J has unintended consequences of hurting everyone
in the hospitality industry and anyone whose business or job relies on tourist
income in San Francisco.
First of all with fewer visitors less hotel workers will be needed to clean
rooms. Less hotel kitchen crews will be needed because of fewer hotel diners.
Less banquet facilities will be needed with bus boys laid off.
Consider all the restaurants and restaurant workers who will suffer as a result
in these hard economic times. Restaurants will face having fewer customers with
less money to spend and less money for tips. This means restaurants closing
earlier or closing up and restaurant workers getting less tip income or being
laid off.
Think of all the retail business dependent or partly dependent on visitors. You
will see stores closing or going to partial hours and laying off sales clerks.
This stick it to the visitors’ hotel tax is going to keep tourists away from San
Francisco who will vote with their wallets spending their money in some other
city.
Please join San Franciscans who want The City to welcome visitors and not pick
their pockets.
Please VOTE NO on Prop. J we need to save San Francisco businesses and jobs in
these tough times. More taxes do not save businesses and jobs.
The Libertarian Party of San Francisco
www.LPSF.org
Dear Ron,
Thank you for your efforts! Good arguments against Prop J. It would be nice to be able to show the general public our side of the argument by publishing either your version or Starchild's. LPSF raised tons of money a few years ago to file two or three paid arguments; maybe, in spite of today's challenging times, we can raise enough for one argument.
Regards,
Marcy
Dear All;
This is a new and improved version of the proposed Prop. J Paid Ballot Argument.
Ron Getty
VOTE NO ON PROP. J - STOP THE TAX INCREASE
Proposition J adds to San Francisco's onerous hotel tax raising the tax to a
whopping 16% tax per day of hotel stay. Increasing the hotel tax isn’t how you
welcome tourists to San Francisco.
A hotel tax is attractive to politicians because its victims can't vote against
the tax. Proposition J has unintended consequences of hurting everyone in the
hospitality industry and anyone whose business or job relies on tourist income
in San Francisco.
With fewer tourists less hotel workers will be needed to clean rooms. Less hotel
kitchen crews will be needed because of fewer hotel diners. Less banquet
facilities will be needed with bus boys laid off.
Restaurants and restaurant workers will suffer as a result in these hard
economic times. Restaurants will have fewer tourists with less money to spend
and less money for tips. Restaurants will close early or close up. Restaurant
workers will get less tip income or get laid off.
Retail businesses are dependent or partly dependent on tourists. With fewer
tourists stores will close, go to partial hours and lay off sales clerks. Pier
39 will become a ghost town.
The stick it to the tourists’ hotel tax will keep tourists away from San
Francisco. Tourists will vote with their wallets spending their money elsewhere.
Please join San Franciscans who welcome tourists. Don’t kill the golden goose
with higher taxes.
Save San Francisco businesses and jobs in these tough times. Higher taxes do not
save businesses and jobs.
VOTE NO ON PROP. J - STOP THE TAX INCREASE
Amarcy Barry
Chair
The Libertarian Party of San Francisco
I'm afraid I forgot to make a final pitch yesterday for money to see
if we could get the donation total up from $350 to the $800 cost of
filing the argument, and no one else said anything either. The
deadline for paid arguments was today at noon.
Love & Liberty
((( starchild )))
Thank you for trying, Starchild.
Marcy
Actually, it's a certainty that this will not be the last time a hotel
tax appears on the ballot, so Starchild's argument can probably be
recycled, unless all of our immigration issues are resolved by then.