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Measure PP
City of Pleasanton, Essential Services
To maintain city services and minimize cuts, such as police and fire protection; 911 emergency response; disaster preparedness; pedestrian safety; park maintenance; pothole repair and street maintenance; recreation programs; open space preservation; and other general government uses; shall the City of Pleasanton’s measure to establish a half-cent sales tax, providing approximately $10,000,000 annually for 10 years, keeping all funds local, with annual audits, public spending disclosure, and oversight, be adopted?
Vote Required: 50%+1
SCORE: 3.7
Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because there was a lack of clarity as what the money would be spent on. As a general tax the proceeds could be spent on any legal purpose. Not one dollar needs to be spent on the listed items. “Keeping all funds local” is an example of extraneous verbiage designed to influence a Yes vote. Where else would Pleasanton provide services? Providing “annual audits” means fairly little in the case of a general tax. There is little to meaningfully audit since the money can be spent on any legal purpose.
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