Morgan Hill Utility Users Tax (2008)
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The Morgan Hill Utility Users Tax, or Measure G, appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Santa Clara County for voters in the city of Morgan Hill, California.
Measure G was defeated with 35.22% in favor.
If the measure had passed, it would have enacted a 2% utility users tax that would cost individual households an average of a little over $120/year.[1],[2]
Measure G is supported by Citizens for a Safer Morgan Hill and opposed by CAUGHT Again.[3]
The pro-G campaign has raised $6,050, most of it ($5,000) from the Morgan Hill Police Officers Association. With their funds, they hired San Francisco-based TBWB Strategies, which says on its website that it has helped clients pass local ballot measures totalling more than $3 billion.
Opposition
Measure G opponents maintained that the Morgan Hill City Council could pay for more police without Measure G except that the city council okayed, in their view, financially unsound recreation facilities through the redevelopment agency. These include the Centennial Recreation Center, the Community and Cultural Center, the Aquatics Center and the Outdoor Sports Center which have operating losses to the city that create a burden on the public treasury.
See also
External links
- Text of measure (PDF file)
- Election results for Measure G
- Safer Morgan Hill, website supporting G
- G No Way, website opposing G
References
- ↑ 2 percent utility tax for additional police to be on ballot, July 8, 2008
- ↑ Morgan Hill Times, "Librers tops campaign funding", October 9, 2008
- ↑ Morgan Hills Times, "Utility tax measure causing a rift"
