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Pre K Questions Family involvement in Pre K Seattle’s ‘Universal Preschools’ Include ‘Strongarming’ Pre-K Day Care Providers Into Unionizing Soda tax benefits teachers unions Unions Love Sugar Tax Questions for the Pro Sugar Tax lobby The well-funded Pro Tax advocates are knocking on doors and calling likely voters in advance of the May 2 sugar election. Here are a few questions to ask. The Pro Tax lobby want to punish the poorest in our community while the wealthiest will pay least. Why are they advocating the most regressive tax ever proposed? Why do Pro Tax lobbyists want to add to the cost of living for working Santa Feans? The largest contributors – six figures - to the Pro Tax movement are organized labor and a group called OLE from Albuquerque - formerly ACORN. What do they stand to gain from increasing taxes and regulations in Santa Fe? Why is Big Labor picking on a small woman-owned local soda distributorship with a tax that would likely cause layoffs for working Santa Feans? Why are Pro Tax folks focused on sugar and not fat or salt or bacon or fast food? Why is former New York Mayor Bloomberg so concerned about the health of Santa Feans that he’s making massive contributions to the Pro Tax effort? Does the Pro Tax agenda mean that all Pre K facilities will be unionized? What will happen to the dozens of existing family and neighborhood Pre K centers that already do an excellent job of caring for little ones? Is it the City of Santa Fe’s job to be involved in education? We are already paying for education at the state level. Why are Pro Tax lobbyists wanting us to pay twice? What policies are in place to oversee the proposed Pre K program? How much will be spent on administration? Where’s the transparency? Why haven’t we had a community-wide conversation about alternative fundraising sources? Gasoline tax? Online retail tax? Property Tax? The issue of Pre K education and funding does not stop at the City’s borders. Why aren’t we have a discussion about statewide solutions not just Santa Fe? If the City has a budgetary surplus – why not use those funds to start a Pre K program? We hear that the local Democratic Party is divided over support for new taxes. Why is there no transparent debate about the sugar tax issue? With a new administration, new taxes and fees being approved by state government, proposed program cuts and many other unknowns. Why the rush to an unproven sugar tax? There are simply too many unanswered questions to impose a new tax on our poorest citizens. Tell your friends and colleagues and Vote NO on May 2.
Questions for the Pro Sugar Tax lobby
The well-funded Pro Tax advocates are knocking on doors and calling likely voters in advance of the May 2 sugar election. Here are a few questions to ask.
The Pro Tax lobby want to punish the poorest in our community while the wealthiest will pay least. Why are they advocating the most regressive tax ever proposed?
Why do Pro Tax lobbyists want to add to the cost of living for working Santa Feans?
The largest contributors – six figures - to the Pro Tax movement are organized labor and a group called OLE from Albuquerque - formerly ACORN. What do they stand to gain from increasing taxes and regulations in Santa Fe?
Why is Big Labor picking on a small woman-owned local soda distributorship with a tax that would likely cause layoffs for working Santa Feans?
Why are Pro Tax folks focused on sugar and not fat or salt or bacon or fast food?
Why is former New York Mayor Bloomberg so concerned about the health of Santa Feans that he’s making massive contributions to the Pro Tax effort?
Does the Pro Tax agenda mean that all Pre K facilities will be unionized?
What will happen to the dozens of existing family and neighborhood Pre K centers that already do an excellent job of caring for little ones?
Is it the City of Santa Fe’s job to be involved in education? We are already paying for education at the state level. Why are Pro Tax lobbyists wanting us to pay twice?
What policies are in place to oversee the proposed Pre K program? How much will be spent on administration? Where’s the transparency?
Why haven’t we had a community-wide conversation about alternative fundraising sources? Gasoline tax? Online retail tax? Property Tax?
The issue of Pre K education and funding does not stop at the City’s borders. Why aren’t we have a discussion about statewide solutions not just Santa Fe?
If the City has a budgetary surplus – why not use those funds to start a Pre K program?
We hear that the local Democratic Party is divided over support for new taxes. Why is there no transparent debate about the sugar tax issue?
With a new administration, new taxes and fees being approved by state government, proposed program cuts and many other unknowns. Why the rush to an unproven sugar tax?
There are simply too many unanswered questions to impose a new tax on our poorest citizens. Tell your friends and colleagues and Vote NO on May 2.